Food and drink · Small-town market · Indiana
Restaurants and cafes in the Plymouth, IN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Plymouth, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #178 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 169
- 66 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +10.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $64.9M
- On food away from home · $3,656 a household
- Spending per listing
- $384K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 95.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,599
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 169 restaurants and cafes in the Plymouth area. Of those, 66 are chain locations, or 39%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 95.2 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in the Plymouth area spend about $64.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,656 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 169 restaurants and cafes, that is $384K per restaurant, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Plymouth area in 2023, up 10.1% from 2019. That is one for every 234 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $807K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Plymouth area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Plymouth area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, the Plymouth area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #178 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Plymouth area 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 | Plymouth area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 95.2 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $384K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 234 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.1% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,656 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,808 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76+10.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,346
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16966 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 175The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $807K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Plymouth area, 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 the Plymouth area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,599+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,758
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 444 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $71,808+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,695
- Median home value
- $204,900
- Jobs located here
- 18,393
- Daytime population
- 43,512Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Plymouth area marked.
Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greencastle, IN | 85 | 113 | 79.9 | $472K | +3.2% | #13 of 538 |
| 2Bedford, IN | 84 | 110 | 57.5 | $615K | +1.2% | #16 of 538 |
| 3Decatur, IN | 81 | 82 | 66.1 | $537K | +2.2% | #24 of 538 |
| 4Kendallville, IN | 79 | 140 | 77.0 | $475K | +1.0% | #31 of 538 |
| 5Washington, IN | 79 | 95 | 80.4 | $452K | +2.5% | #34 of 538 |
| 6Huntington, IN | 76 | 117 | 76.0 | $467K | +1.6% | #45 of 538 |
| 7New Castle, IN | 72 | 144 | 77.2 | $443K | +0.5% | #66 of 538 |
| 8Crawfordsville, IN | 72 | 131 | 84.0 | $439K | +2.7% | #68 of 538 |
| 9Greensburg, IN | 68 | 89 | 83.1 | $453K | +0.4% | #89 of 538 |
| 10Auburn, IN | 68 | 153 | 89.5 | $414K | +2.9% | #92 of 538 |
| 16Plymouth, IN | 59 | 169 | 95.2 | $384K | +1.2% | #178 of 538 |
Other business types in the Plymouth area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza45
- Coffee shops and cafes65
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Plymouth, IN area?
There are 169 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Plymouth area as of September 2026. 66 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.1% from 2019. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Plymouth, IN area spend on food away from home?
About $64.9M a year, or $3,656 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 169 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $384K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,758 households in the Plymouth area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Plymouth, IN area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Plymouth area has 95.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $384K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Plymouth area would have about 175, against 169 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 234 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Plymouth, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Plymouth area at 46,599 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,758 households. The median household income in the Plymouth area is $71,808 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Plymouth area scores 59 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #178 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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