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Restaurants and cafes in Benton County, MS
The restaurants and cafes in Benton County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On food away from home · $2,863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $800K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.8
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,502
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 restaurants and cafes in Benton County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.8, 67% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $2,863 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Benton County spend about $8.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $800K per restaurant, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $371K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Benton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Benton County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, 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 Benton County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Benton County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.8 | 99.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $800K | $330K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 230 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,863 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,016 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Benton 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 Benton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,502−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,074
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $46,016
- Average household income
- $59,331
- Median home value
- $105,100
- Jobs located here
- 959
- Daytime population
- 5,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greene County, MS | 73 | 16 | 38.9 | $819K | +1.3% | #283 of 2,405 |
| 2Perry County, MS | 67 | 22 | 47.3 | $619K | +1.1% | #467 of 2,405 |
| 3Smith County, MS | 65 | 24 | 42.9 | $735K | −1.5% | #532 of 2,405 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 64 | 30 | 56.7 | $548K | +0.4% | #587 of 2,405 |
| 5Amite County, MS | 63 | 16 | 27.4 | $975K | −1.7% | #623 of 2,405 |
| 6Marshall County, MS | 63 | 95 | 72.0 | $443K | +2.6% | #636 of 2,405 |
| 7Itawamba County, MS | 62 | 62 | 64.5 | $507K | +1.3% | #662 of 2,405 |
| 8George County, MS | 61 | 70 | 75.3 | $448K | +8.1% | #719 of 2,405 |
| 9Tate County, MS | 60 | 72 | 65.3 | $523K | +2.1% | #745 of 2,405 |
| 10Jasper County, MS | 58 | 34 | 51.2 | $566K | −3.5% | #818 of 2,405 |
| Benton County, MS | Not scored | 11 | 35.8 | $800K | −2.1% |
Other business types in Benton 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 Benton County, MS?
There are 11 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Benton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Benton County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $8.8M a year, or $2,863 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $800K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,074 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benton County, MS compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Benton County has 35.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $800K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Benton County would have about 24, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Benton County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Benton County at 7,502 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,074 households. The median household income in Benton County is $46,016 a year, 43% 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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