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Restaurants and cafes in Morgan County, GA
How Morgan County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,283 of 2,405 scored counties
#69 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 90
- 47 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +15.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $31.7M
- On food away from home · $3,908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $353K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 110.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,095
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,908 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Morgan County spend about $31.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $353K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Morgan County has 90 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 110.8 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in Morgan County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 177 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Morgan County grew 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Morgan County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,283 of 2,405 scored counties and #69 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Morgan 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 | Morgan County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 110.8 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $353K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 177 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.0% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,908 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,111 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 46+15.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 952
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9047 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,095+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,120
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 347 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,111+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,696
- Median home value
- $342,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,906
- Daytime population
- 20,330Residents 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 |
| 69Morgan County, GA | 48 | 90 | 110.8 | $353K | +9.4% | #1,283 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Morgan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops72
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Morgan County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 90 restaurants and cafes in Morgan County. 47 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morgan County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $31.7M a year, or $3,908 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $353K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,120 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Morgan County has 110.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $353K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Morgan County would have about 86, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 177 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Morgan County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 22,095 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,120 households. Median household income in Morgan County is $78,111, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Morgan County scores 48 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,283 of 2,405 scored counties.
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