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Restaurants and cafes in Worth County, GA
How Worth 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #995 of 2,405 scored counties
#56 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 55
- 26 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.7M
- On food away from home · $3,185 a household
- Spending per listing
- $448K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 71.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,059
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Worth County spend about $24.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,185 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $448K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Worth County has 55 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 71.1 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Worth County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 484 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Worth County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Worth County is 54 (upper middle), #995 of 2,405 scored counties and #56 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Worth 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 | Worth County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 71.1 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $448K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 484 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,185 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,694 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 217
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5526 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The 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 Worth 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 Worth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,059−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,739
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $58,694+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,946
- Median home value
- $104,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,427
- Daytime population
- 16,215Residents 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 |
| 56Worth County, GA | 54 | 55 | 71.1 | $448K | −3.2% | #995 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Worth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Worth County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 restaurants and cafes in Worth County. 26 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Worth County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $24.7M a year, or $3,185 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $448K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,739 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worth County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Worth County has 71.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $448K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Worth County would have about 67, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 484 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Worth County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Worth County at 20,059 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,739 households. Median household income in Worth County is $58,694, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Worth County scores 54 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #995 of 2,405 scored counties.
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