Food and drink · Small-town market · Ohio
Restaurants and cafes in the Bucyrus, OH area
How the Bucyrus, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #137 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 134
- 46 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- +13.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $60.1M
- On food away from home · $3,326 a household
- Spending per listing
- $448K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 74.2
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,896
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,326 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Bucyrus area spend about $60.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $448K per restaurant, 21% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Bucyrus area has 134 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 46 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 74.2 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bucyrus area was 66 in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 274 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $212K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bucyrus area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bucyrus area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Bucyrus area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #137 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Bucyrus area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Bucyrus area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 74.2 | 93.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $448K | $410K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 274 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.8% | +6.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,326 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,044 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66+13.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,184
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13446 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 162The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $212K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bucyrus 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 Bucyrus area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,896−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,059
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $58,044+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,457
- Median home value
- $136,700
- Jobs located here
- 12,804
- Daytime population
- 35,076Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mount Vernon, OH | 82 | 169 | 71.9 | $530K | +1.9% | #19 of 538 |
| 2Urbana, OH | 82 | 114 | 72.9 | $513K | +0.2% | #21 of 538 |
| 3Wilmington, OH | 80 | 126 | 75.2 | $491K | +0.6% | #29 of 538 |
| 4Wooster, OH | 76 | 321 | 72.4 | $518K | −0.1% | #43 of 538 |
| 5Sidney, OH | 76 | 141 | 74.6 | $511K | −0.2% | #44 of 538 |
| 6Coshocton, OH | 75 | 102 | 69.0 | $474K | +1.6% | #51 of 538 |
| 7Greenville, OH | 73 | 157 | 73.7 | $477K | −0.7% | #60 of 538 |
| 8Ashland, OH | 70 | 146 | 70.5 | $499K | +0.1% | #79 of 538 |
| 9Van Wert, OH | 67 | 88 | 76.2 | $465K | +0.3% | #100 of 538 |
| 10Wapakoneta, OH | 67 | 162 | 85.5 | $456K | −1.2% | #101 of 538 |
| 13Bucyrus, OH | 63 | 134 | 74.2 | $448K | −0.3% | #137 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bucyrus area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes63
- Sit-down restaurants72
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Bucyrus, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 134 restaurants and cafes in the Bucyrus area. 46 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bucyrus, OH area spend on food away from home?
About $60.1M a year, or $3,326 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $448K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,059 households in the Bucyrus area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bucyrus, OH area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Bucyrus area has 74.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $448K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Bucyrus area would have about 162, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 274 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bucyrus, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Bucyrus area at 41,896 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,059 households. Median household income in the Bucyrus area is $58,044, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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 Bucyrus area scores 63 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #137 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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