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Restaurants and cafes in Oglethorpe County, GA
The restaurants and cafes in Oglethorpe County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #21 of 2,405 scored counties
#3 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 24
- 8 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.9M
- On food away from home · $3,670 a household
- Spending per listing
- $827K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.4
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,415
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Oglethorpe County scores 90 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #21 of 2,405 scored counties and #3 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 restaurants and cafes in Oglethorpe County. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 44.4 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,670 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Oglethorpe County spend about $19.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $827K per restaurant, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Oglethorpe County in 2023. That is one for every 676 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oglethorpe County grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Oglethorpe 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 | Oglethorpe County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.4 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $827K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 676 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,670 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 248 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,415+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,411
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,034+59.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,105
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,913
- Daytime population
- 9,771Residents 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 |
Other business types in Oglethorpe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes90
- Sit-down restaurants84
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Oglethorpe County, GA?
Oglethorpe County has 24 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Oglethorpe County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $19.9M a year, or $3,670 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $827K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,411 households in Oglethorpe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglethorpe County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Oglethorpe County has 44.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $827K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Oglethorpe County would have about 54, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 676 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Oglethorpe County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Oglethorpe County at 16,415 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,411 households. The median household income in Oglethorpe County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.2% 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. Oglethorpe County scores 90 for restaurants and cafes (very high), #21 of 2,405 scored counties.
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