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Restaurants and cafes in Decatur County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Decatur County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #866 of 2,405 scored counties
#47 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 89
- 46 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- +15.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.3M
- On food away from home · $3,760 a household
- Spending per listing
- $453K
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 83.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,576
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 89 restaurants and cafes in Decatur County. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 83.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Decatur County spend about $40.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,760 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $453K per restaurant, 22% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Decatur County in 2023, up 15.8% from 2019. That is one for every 243 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $101K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Decatur County.
Population estimates show Decatur County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Decatur County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #866 of 2,405 scored counties and #47 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Decatur 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 | Decatur County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 83.1 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $453K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 243 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.8% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,760 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,783 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 44+15.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 877
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8946 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 109The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $101K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Decatur 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 Decatur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,576+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,712
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 373 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $69,783+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,207
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- 14,170
- Daytime population
- 27,416Residents 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 |
| 47Decatur County, IN | 57 | 89 | 83.1 | $453K | +0.4% | #866 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Decatur County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops75
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Decatur County, IN?
Decatur County has 89 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 46 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 15.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Decatur County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $40.3M a year, or $3,760 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $453K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,712 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Decatur County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Decatur County has 83.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $453K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Decatur County would have about 109, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 243 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Decatur County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Decatur County at 26,576 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,712 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $69,783 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. Decatur County scores 57 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #866 of 2,405 scored counties.
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