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Restaurants and cafes in Telfair County, GA
The restaurants and cafes in Telfair County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,393 of 2,405 scored counties
#123 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 42
- 18 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On food away from home · $2,839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $226K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 125.3
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,195
- −10.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Telfair County is 10 (low), #2,393 of 2,405 scored counties and #123 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Telfair County spend about $9.5M a year on food away from home, or $2,839 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $226K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 42 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Telfair County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 125.3 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Telfair County in 2023. That is one for every 223 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $366K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Telfair County. Population estimates put the population change in Telfair County from 2020 to 2025 at −10.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Telfair 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 | Telfair County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 125.3 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $226K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 223 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −10.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,839 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,929 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 154
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $366K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Telfair 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 Telfair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,195−10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,351
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 437 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $50,929+57.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,431
- Median home value
- $113,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,236
- Daytime population
- 10,458Residents 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 |
| 123Telfair County, GA | 10 | 42 | 125.3 | $226K | −10.1% | #2,393 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Telfair County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes10
- Sit-down restaurants5
- Fast food and sandwich shops13
- Pizza9
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Telfair County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 restaurants and cafes in Telfair County. 18 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Telfair County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $9.5M a year, or $2,839 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $226K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,351 households in Telfair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Telfair County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Telfair County has 125.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $226K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Telfair County would have about 26, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 223 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Telfair County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Telfair County at 11,195 people in 2025, down 10.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,351 households. Median household income in Telfair County is $50,929, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 57.2%, 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. Telfair County scores 10 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,393 of 2,405 scored counties.
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