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Restaurants and cafes in Meriwether County, GA
The restaurants and cafes in Meriwether County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #691 of 2,405 scored counties
#40 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 65
- 16 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.9M
- On food away from home · $3,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- $414K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 77.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,516
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 restaurants and cafes in Meriwether County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 77.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Meriwether County spend about $26.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,210 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $414K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Meriwether County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 381 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $850K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Meriwether County.
Population estimates show Meriwether County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Meriwether County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #691 of 2,405 scored counties and #40 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Meriwether 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 | Meriwether County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 77.5 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $414K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 381 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,210 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,340 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 175
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6516 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $850K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,516+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,391
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $57,340+54.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,311
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,267
- Daytime population
- 16,127Residents 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 |
| 40Meriwether County, GA | 62 | 65 | 77.5 | $414K | +4.4% | #691 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Meriwether County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes62
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Meriwether County, GA?
There are 65 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Meriwether County as of September 2026. 16 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Meriwether County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $26.9M a year, or $3,210 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $414K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,391 households in Meriwether County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meriwether County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Meriwether County has 77.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $414K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Meriwether County would have about 73, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 381 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Meriwether County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Meriwether County at 21,516 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,391 households. The median household income in Meriwether County is $57,340 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 54.5% 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. Meriwether County scores 62 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #691 of 2,405 scored counties.
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