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Restaurants and cafes in Vigo County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Vigo County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,122 of 2,405 scored counties
#86 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 425
- 205 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 195
- −2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $138M
- On food away from home · $3,254 a household
- Spending per listing
- $325K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 100.2
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,512
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Vigo County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,122 of 2,405 scored counties and #86 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 425 restaurants and cafes in Vigo County. 205 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 100.2 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Vigo County comes to about $138M a year: $3,254 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $325K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 195 businesses with payroll in Vigo County classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 217 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $8.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Vigo County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vigo County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Vigo 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 | Vigo County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 100.2 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $325K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 217 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.0% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,254 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,976 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 199 → 195−2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,820
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $86.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 425205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 372The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $8.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Vigo 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 Vigo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,512+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 42,399
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 404 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 263
- Median household income
- $52,976+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,677
- Median home value
- $148,500
- Jobs located here
- 44,404
- Daytime population
- 108,518Residents 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 |
| 86Vigo County, IN | 27 | 425 | 100.2 | $325K | +0.4% | #2,122 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Vigo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes27
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza20
- Coffee shops and cafes38
- Bakeries and dessert shops31
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Vigo County, IN?
Vigo County has 425 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 205 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 195 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Vigo County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $138M a year, or $3,254 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 425 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $325K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,399 households in Vigo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vigo County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Vigo County has 100.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $325K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Vigo County would have about 372, against 425 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 217 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Vigo County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Vigo County at 106,512 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,399 households. The median household income in Vigo County is $52,976 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.1% 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. Vigo County scores 27 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,122 of 2,405 scored counties.
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