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Restaurants and cafes in Benton County, IN
The restaurants and cafes in Benton County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 28
- 9 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On food away from home · $3,657 a household
- Spending per listing
- $451K
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 81.1
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,883
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Benton County comes to about $12.6M a year: $3,657 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $451K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 22% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 28 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 32%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 81.1 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Benton County in 2023. That is one for every 576 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benton County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Benton County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Benton County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 81.1 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $451K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 576 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,657 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,875 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $808K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 289 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Benton 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 Benton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,883+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,454
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 406 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $65,875
- Average household income
- $83,127
- Median home value
- $151,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,086
- Daytime population
- 6,607Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 88 | 229 | 68.4 | $646K | +13.5% | #36 of 2,405 |
| 2Warrick County, IN | 84 | 171 | 68.0 | $634K | +4.4% | #68 of 2,405 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 83 | 196 | 69.3 | $579K | +4.4% | #92 of 2,405 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 78 | 276 | 96.0 | $515K | +13.5% | #177 of 2,405 |
| 5Harrison County, IN | 77 | 101 | 65.2 | $575K | +1.9% | #194 of 2,405 |
| 6Lawrence County, IN | 75 | 110 | 57.5 | $615K | +1.2% | #231 of 2,405 |
| 7Newton County, IN | 74 | 35 | 61.1 | $573K | +2.9% | #259 of 2,405 |
| 8Hamilton County, IN | 74 | 1,269 | 92.5 | $560K | +10.9% | #261 of 2,405 |
| 9Hendricks County, IN | 74 | 549 | 81.8 | $558K | +10.2% | #262 of 2,405 |
| 10LaGrange County, IN | 74 | 111 | 86.1 | $465K | +1.9% | #277 of 2,405 |
| Benton County, IN | Not scored | 28 | 81.1 | $451K | +2.0% |
Other business types in Benton County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Benton County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 restaurants and cafes in Benton County. 9 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Benton County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $12.6M a year, or $3,657 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $451K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,454 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benton County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Benton County has 81.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $451K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Benton County would have about 34, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 576 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Benton County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Benton County at 8,883 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,454 households. Median household income in Benton County is $65,875, 18% 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.
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