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Restaurants and cafes in Whitfield County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Whitfield County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,746 of 2,405 scored counties
#86 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 384
- 161 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 179
- +14.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $127.8M
- On food away from home · $3,470 a household
- Spending per listing
- $333K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 104.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,212
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 384 restaurants and cafes in Whitfield County. Of those, 161 are chain locations, or 42%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 104.3 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,470 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Whitfield County spend about $127.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 384 restaurants and cafes, that is $333K per restaurant, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 179 businesses with payroll in Whitfield County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 206 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 56 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Whitfield County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Whitfield County grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Whitfield County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,746 of 2,405 scored counties and #86 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Whitfield 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 | Whitfield County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 104.3 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $333K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 206 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.7% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,470 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,070 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 156 → 179+14.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,680
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $70.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 56Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 384161 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 345The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Whitfield 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 Whitfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,212+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 36,834
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 357
- Median household income
- $67,070+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,834
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,533
- Daytime population
- 114,456Residents 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 |
| 86Whitfield County, GA | 37 | 384 | 104.3 | $333K | +3.3% | #1,746 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Whitfield County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops31
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops39
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Whitfield County, GA?
There are 384 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Whitfield County as of September 2026. 161 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 179 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 14.7% from 2019. Another 56 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Whitfield County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $127.8M a year, or $3,470 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 384 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $333K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,834 households in Whitfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitfield County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Whitfield County has 104.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $333K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Whitfield County would have about 345, against 384 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 206 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Whitfield County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Whitfield County at 106,212 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,834 households. The median household income in Whitfield County is $67,070 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Whitfield County scores 37 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,746 of 2,405 scored counties.
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