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Restaurants and cafes in Cass County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Cass County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,693 of 2,405 scored counties
#78 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 139
- 50 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- +20.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49.2M
- On food away from home · $3,275 a household
- Spending per listing
- $354K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 92.4
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,836
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 139 restaurants and cafes in Cass County. 50 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 92.4 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,275 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Cass County spend about $49.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 139 restaurants and cafes, that is $354K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Cass County in 2023, up 20.4% from 2019. That is one for every 255 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $927K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Cass County.
Population estimates put the population change in Cass County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cass County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,693 of 2,405 scored counties and #78 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Cass 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 | Cass County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 92.4 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $354K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 255 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.4% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,275 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,403 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49 → 59+20.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 858
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13950 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 133The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $927K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Cass 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 Cass County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,836+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,037
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 91
- Median household income
- $56,403+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,540
- Median home value
- $133,800
- Jobs located here
- 15,218
- Daytime population
- 35,454Residents 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 |
| 78Cass County, IN | 38 | 139 | 92.4 | $354K | +0.1% | #1,693 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Cass County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops43
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Cass County, IN?
Cass County has 139 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 50 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 20.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cass County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $49.2M a year, or $3,275 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $354K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,037 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cass County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Cass County has 92.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $354K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Cass County would have about 133, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 255 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cass County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Cass County at 37,836 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,037 households. The median household income in Cass County is $56,403 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.1% 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. Cass County scores 38 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,693 of 2,405 scored counties.
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