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Restaurants and cafes in Talbot County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Talbot County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.4M
On food away from home · $2,922 a household
Spending per listing
$924K
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.6
71% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,709
−0.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 restaurants and cafes in Talbot County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 34% across the U.S. That is 31.6 per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Talbot County comes to about $7.4M a year: $2,922 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $924K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $371K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Talbot County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Talbot County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Talbot 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Talbot County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureTalbot CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.6109.9109.8
Spending per listing$924K$356K$371K
Households per official establishmentn/a203209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,922$3,917$4,070
Median household income$41,597$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Talbot 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 Talbot County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,709−0.3% since 2020
Households
2,529
Median age
49.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$41,597
Average household income
$64,675
Median home value
$117,100
Jobs located here
847
Daytime population
4,052Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Talbot County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA9235158.5$737K+12.7%#15 of 2,405
2Harris County, GA928061.4$713K+6.8%#16 of 2,405
3Oglethorpe County, GA902444.4$827K+10.4%#21 of 2,405
4Pike County, GA903755.1$726K+10.5%#24 of 2,405
5Effingham County, GA9015061.8$661K+14.1%#27 of 2,405
6Lee County, GA875443.9$901K+2.9%#39 of 2,405
7Monroe County, GA868681.5$496K+14.1%#55 of 2,405
8Long County, GA852134.1$958K+32.6%#57 of 2,405
9Jones County, GA834440.8$908K+2.8%#79 of 2,405
10Jasper County, GA833152.0$677K+20.2%#83 of 2,405
Talbot County, GANot scored831.6$924K−0.3%

Other business types in Talbot County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Talbot County, GA?

There are 8 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Talbot County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Talbot County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Talbot County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $7.4M a year, or $2,922 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $924K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,529 households in Talbot County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Talbot County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Talbot County has 31.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $924K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Talbot County would have about 20, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Talbot County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Talbot County at 5,709 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,529 households. The median household income in Talbot County is $41,597 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Talbot County

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