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Restaurants and cafes in Fountain County, IN
How Fountain County, IN 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,204 of 2,405 scored counties
#58 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 67
- 24 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- −4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23.3M
- On food away from home · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $348K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 96.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,013
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,359 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Fountain County spend about $23.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $348K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Fountain County has 67 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 36%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 96.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fountain County was 23 in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 302 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $66K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fountain County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fountain County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Fountain County is 50 (upper middle), #1,204 of 2,405 scored counties and #58 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Fountain 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 | Fountain County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 96.5 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $348K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 302 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.2% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,359 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,542 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 23−4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 325
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6724 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $66K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fountain 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 Fountain County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,013+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,941
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $62,542+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,642
- Median home value
- $143,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,257
- Daytime population
- 13,338Residents 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 |
| 58Fountain County, IN | 50 | 67 | 96.5 | $348K | +3.2% | #1,204 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Fountain County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Fountain County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 restaurants and cafes in Fountain County. 24 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fountain County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $23.3M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $348K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,941 households in Fountain County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fountain County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Fountain County has 96.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $348K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Fountain County would have about 63, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 302 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Fountain County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Fountain County at 17,013 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,941 households. Median household income in Fountain County is $62,542, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Fountain County scores 50 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,204 of 2,405 scored counties.
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