Food and drink · Small-town market · Indiana
Restaurants and cafes in the Richmond, IN area
The restaurants and cafes in the Richmond, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #330 of 538 scored small-town markets
#24 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 241
- 114 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 116
- +5.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $89.2M
- On food away from home · $3,307 a household
- Spending per listing
- $370K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 89.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,169
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Richmond area comes to about $89.2M a year: $3,307 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $370K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Richmond area has 241 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 114 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 89.3 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Richmond area in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. That is one for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Richmond area.
Population estimates show the Richmond area declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Richmond area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #330 of 538 scored small-town markets and #24 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Richmond 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 | Richmond area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 89.3 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $370K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 233 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.5% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,307 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,692 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 116+5.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,545
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 241The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Richmond 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 Richmond area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,169−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,975
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $55,692+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,425
- Median home value
- $140,200
- Jobs located here
- 29,039
- Daytime population
- 66,064Residents 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 Richmond 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 |
| 24Richmond, IN | 44 | 241 | 89.3 | $370K | −0.5% | #330 of 538 |
Other business types in the Richmond area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops34
- Pizza31
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Richmond, IN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 241 restaurants and cafes in the Richmond area. 114 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Richmond, IN area spend on food away from home?
About $89.2M a year, or $3,307 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 241 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $370K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,975 households in the Richmond area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Richmond, IN area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Richmond area has 89.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $370K, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Richmond, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Richmond area at 66,169 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,975 households. Median household income in the Richmond area is $55,692, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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 Richmond area scores 44 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #330 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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