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Restaurants and cafes in Union County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Union County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On food away from home · $3,749 a household
- Spending per listing
- $479K
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 78.2
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,863
- −3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 restaurants and cafes in Union County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 78.2, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Union County spend about $11M a year on food away from home, or $3,749 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $479K per restaurant, 29% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Union County in 2023. That is one for every 327 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Union 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 | Union County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 78.2 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $479K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 327 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,749 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,424 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,863−3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 2,940
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 161 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $76,424
- Average household income
- $92,468
- Median home value
- $173,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,146
- Daytime population
- 4,855Residents 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 |
| Union County, IN | Not scored | 23 | 78.2 | $479K | −3.1% |
Other business types in Union County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Union County, IN?
There are 23 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Union County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $11M a year, or $3,749 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $479K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,940 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Union County has 78.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $479K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Union County would have about 30, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 327 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 6,863 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,940 households. The median household income in Union County is $76,424 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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