Food and drink · Small-town market · Indiana
Restaurants and cafes in the Warsaw, IN area
The restaurants and cafes in the Warsaw, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #124 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 289
- 105 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 137
- +2.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $121.4M
- On food away from home · $3,802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $420K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 90.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,892
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 289 restaurants and cafes in the Warsaw area. Of those, 105 are chain locations, or 36%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 90.5 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Warsaw area comes to about $121.4M a year: $3,802 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $420K per restaurant, 13% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 137 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Warsaw area in 2023, up 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Warsaw area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Warsaw area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Warsaw area is 65 (upper middle), #124 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Warsaw 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 | Warsaw area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 90.5 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $420K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 233 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.2% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,802 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,317 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 137+2.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,533
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 289105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 327The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Warsaw 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 Warsaw area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,892+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 31,934
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 531 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 151
- Median household income
- $75,317+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,954
- Median home value
- $216,000
- Jobs located here
- 37,180
- Daytime population
- 80,254Residents 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 Warsaw 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 |
| 12Warsaw, IN | 65 | 289 | 90.5 | $420K | +0.9% | #124 of 538 |
Other business types in the Warsaw area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Warsaw, IN area?
There are 289 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Warsaw area as of September 2026. 105 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 137 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.2% from 2019. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Warsaw, IN area spend on food away from home?
About $121.4M a year, or $3,802 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 289 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $420K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,934 households in the Warsaw area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Warsaw, IN area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Warsaw area has 90.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $420K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Warsaw area would have about 327, against 289 on map listings. 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 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Warsaw, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Warsaw area at 80,892 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,934 households. The median household income in the Warsaw area is $75,317 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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 Warsaw area scores 65 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #124 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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