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Restaurants and cafes in Blackford County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Blackford County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #858 of 2,405 scored counties
#46 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 33
- 13 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On food away from home · $3,264 a household
- Spending per listing
- $512K
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 63.8
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,730
- −3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Blackford County spend about $16.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,264 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 restaurants and cafes, that is $512K per restaurant, 38% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Blackford County has 33 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 39%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 63.8 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Blackford County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 345 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Blackford County declined 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Blackford County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #858 of 2,405 scored counties and #46 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Blackford 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 | Blackford County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 63.8 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $512K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 345 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,264 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,326 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 323
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Blackford 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 Blackford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,730−3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,173
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 165 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $51,326+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,505
- Median home value
- $107,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,942
- Daytime population
- 9,553Residents 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 |
| 46Blackford County, IN | 57 | 33 | 63.8 | $512K | −3.1% | #858 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Blackford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Blackford County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 restaurants and cafes in Blackford County. 13 of them (39%) 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.
How much do households in Blackford County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $16.9M a year, or $3,264 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $512K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,173 households in Blackford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blackford County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Blackford County has 63.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $512K, 38% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Blackford County would have about 46, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 345 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Blackford County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Blackford County at 11,730 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,173 households. Median household income in Blackford County is $51,326, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Blackford County scores 57 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #858 of 2,405 scored counties.
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