Food and drink · County · Mississippi
Restaurants and cafes in Lauderdale County, MS
How Lauderdale County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,338 of 2,405 scored counties
#62 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 294
- 141 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 135
- +1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $89.6M
- On food away from home · $3,123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $305K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 102.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,317
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Lauderdale County is 17 (low), #2,338 of 2,405 scored counties and #62 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Lauderdale County comes to about $89.6M a year: $3,123 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $305K per restaurant, 18% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 294 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Lauderdale County as of September 2026. Of those, 141 are chain locations, or 48%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 102.4 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 135 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lauderdale County in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 213 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $70K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lauderdale County. Population estimates show Lauderdale County declined 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lauderdale 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 | Lauderdale County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 102.4 | 99.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $305K | $330K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 213 | 230 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.5% | +9.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,123 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,817 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 133 → 135+1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,946
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $51.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 294141 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 242The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $70K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,317−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,707
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $50,817+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,958
- Median home value
- $133,300
- Jobs located here
- 32,099
- Daytime population
- 75,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lauderdale County marked.
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 |
| 62Lauderdale County, MS | 17 | 294 | 102.4 | $305K | −3.2% | #2,338 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Lauderdale County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes17
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops7
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops20
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lauderdale County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 294 restaurants and cafes in Lauderdale County. 141 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 135 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lauderdale County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $89.6M a year, or $3,123 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 294 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $305K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,707 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lauderdale County, MS compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lauderdale County has 102.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $305K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 242, against 294 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 213 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lauderdale County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 70,317 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,707 households. Median household income in Lauderdale County is $50,817, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.5%, 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. Lauderdale County scores 17 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,338 of 2,405 scored counties.
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