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Restaurants and cafes in Webster County, MS

How Webster County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
25
10 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13M
On food away from home · $3,201 a household
Spending per listing
$522K
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
61.4
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,167
+2.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 25 restaurants and cafes in Webster County. 10 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 61.4, 44% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Households in Webster County spend about $13M a year on food away from home, or $3,201 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 restaurants and cafes, that is $522K per restaurant, 41% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Webster County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 313 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Webster County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Webster 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Webster County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureWebster CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households61.499.6109.8
Spending per listing$522K$330K$371K
Households per official establishment313230209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,201$3,288$4,070
Median household income$58,789$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored25

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 13
Employees, 2023
178
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2510 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The 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 Webster 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 Webster County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,167+2.6% since 2020
Households
4,073
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
421 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$58,789
Average household income
$69,917
Median home value
$120,100
Jobs located here
2,102
Daytime population
8,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Webster County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Greene County, MS731638.9$819K+1.3%#283 of 2,405
2Perry County, MS672247.3$619K+1.1%#467 of 2,405
3Smith County, MS652442.9$735K−1.5%#532 of 2,405
4Walthall County, MS643056.7$548K+0.4%#587 of 2,405
5Amite County, MS631627.4$975K−1.7%#623 of 2,405
6Marshall County, MS639572.0$443K+2.6%#636 of 2,405
7Itawamba County, MS626264.5$507K+1.3%#662 of 2,405
8George County, MS617075.3$448K+8.1%#719 of 2,405
9Tate County, MS607265.3$523K+2.1%#745 of 2,405
10Jasper County, MS583451.2$566K−3.5%#818 of 2,405
Webster County, MSNot scored2561.4$522K+2.6%

Other business types in Webster County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Webster County, MS?

Webster County has 25 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Webster County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $13M a year, or $3,201 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $522K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,073 households in Webster County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Webster County, MS compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Webster County has 61.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $522K, 41% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Webster County would have about 35, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 313 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Webster County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Webster County at 10,167 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,073 households. The median household income in Webster County is $58,789 a year, 27% 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.

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Webster County

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