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Restaurants and cafes in Macon County, GA
The restaurants and cafes in Macon County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,376 of 2,405 scored counties
#71 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 27
- 11 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On food away from home · $2,865 a household
- Spending per listing
- $439K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.2
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,756
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 restaurants and cafes in Macon County. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 65.2 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Macon County spend about $11.9M a year on food away from home, or $2,865 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $439K per restaurant, 19% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Macon County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 296 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Macon County.
Population estimates show Macon County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Macon County is 45 (lower middle), #1,376 of 2,405 scored counties and #71 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Macon 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 | Macon County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.2 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $439K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 296 | 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 | $2,865 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,031 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,756−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,142
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 401 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $41,031+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,028
- Median home value
- $97,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,843
- Daytime population
- 10,812Residents 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 |
| 71Macon County, GA | 45 | 27 | 65.2 | $439K | −2.2% | #1,376 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Macon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Macon County, GA?
Macon County has 27 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Macon County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $11.9M a year, or $2,865 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $439K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,142 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Macon County has 65.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $439K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Macon County would have about 32, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 296 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Macon County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 11,756 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,142 households. The median household income in Macon County is $41,031 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Macon County scores 45 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,376 of 2,405 scored counties.
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