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Restaurants and cafes in Evans County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Evans County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,775 of 2,405 scored counties
#88 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 35
- 20 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On food away from home · $3,024 a household
- Spending per listing
- $352K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 85.8
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,028
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,024 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Evans County spend about $12.3M a year on food away from home. That works out to $352K per restaurant, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Evans County has 35 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 57%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 85.8 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Evans County in 2023. That is one for every 240 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Evans County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Evans County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,775 of 2,405 scored counties and #88 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Evans County compares
The same measures for Georgia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Evans County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 85.8 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $352K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 240 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,024 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,259 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 352
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3520 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Evans County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Evans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,028+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,077
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 183 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $53,259+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,880
- Median home value
- $138,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,651
- Daytime population
- 10,457Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 92 | 351 | 58.5 | $737K | +12.7% | #15 of 2,405 |
| 2Harris County, GA | 92 | 80 | 61.4 | $713K | +6.8% | #16 of 2,405 |
| 3Oglethorpe County, GA | 90 | 24 | 44.4 | $827K | +10.4% | #21 of 2,405 |
| 4Pike County, GA | 90 | 37 | 55.1 | $726K | +10.5% | #24 of 2,405 |
| 5Effingham County, GA | 90 | 150 | 61.8 | $661K | +14.1% | #27 of 2,405 |
| 6Lee County, GA | 87 | 54 | 43.9 | $901K | +2.9% | #39 of 2,405 |
| 7Monroe County, GA | 86 | 86 | 81.5 | $496K | +14.1% | #55 of 2,405 |
| 8Long County, GA | 85 | 21 | 34.1 | $958K | +32.6% | #57 of 2,405 |
| 9Jones County, GA | 83 | 44 | 40.8 | $908K | +2.8% | #79 of 2,405 |
| 10Jasper County, GA | 83 | 31 | 52.0 | $677K | +20.2% | #83 of 2,405 |
| 88Evans County, GA | 36 | 35 | 85.8 | $352K | +2.2% | #1,775 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Evans County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops17
- Pizza14
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Evans County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 restaurants and cafes in Evans County. 20 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Evans County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $12.3M a year, or $3,024 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $352K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,077 households in Evans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Evans County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Evans County has 85.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $352K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Evans County would have about 33, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 240 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Evans County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Evans County at 11,028 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,077 households. Median household income in Evans County is $53,259, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Evans County scores 36 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,775 of 2,405 scored counties.
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