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Restaurants and cafes in Morgan County, OH
The restaurants and cafes in Morgan County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #500 of 2,405 scored counties
#24 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 24
- 6 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.5M
- On food away from home · $3,241 a household
- Spending per listing
- $771K
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.0
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,626
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 restaurants and cafes in Morgan County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 42.0 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Morgan County spend about $18.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,241 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 restaurants and cafes, that is $771K per restaurant, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morgan County in 2023. That is one for every 408 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $716K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morgan County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morgan County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Morgan County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #500 of 2,405 scored counties and #24 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Morgan County 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 | Morgan County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.0 | 93.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $771K | $410K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 408 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,241 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,351 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 210
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 246 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $716K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,626−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,713
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $59,351+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,286
- Median home value
- $150,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,895
- Daytime population
- 11,576Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 92 | 178 | 73.5 | $655K | +16.5% | #17 of 2,405 |
| 2Morrow County, OH | 87 | 64 | 47.5 | $812K | +3.7% | #40 of 2,405 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 83 | 140 | 63.9 | $602K | +7.4% | #91 of 2,405 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 447 | 74.1 | $578K | +6.5% | #120 of 2,405 |
| 5Warren County, OH | 80 | 693 | 75.3 | $648K | +5.7% | #133 of 2,405 |
| 6Madison County, OH | 79 | 144 | 91.8 | $452K | +7.1% | #161 of 2,405 |
| 7Clermont County, OH | 77 | 624 | 73.5 | $568K | +3.9% | #196 of 2,405 |
| 8Brown County, OH | 75 | 114 | 66.5 | $545K | +1.6% | #241 of 2,405 |
| 9Holmes County, OH | 74 | 99 | 73.9 | $541K | +1.7% | #263 of 2,405 |
| 10Medina County, OH | 73 | 606 | 82.9 | $535K | +1.3% | #303 of 2,405 |
| 24Morgan County, OH | 66 | 24 | 42.0 | $771K | −0.9% | #500 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Morgan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Morgan County, OH?
There are 24 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. 6 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Morgan County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $18.5M a year, or $3,241 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $771K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,713 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, OH compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Morgan County has 42.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $771K, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Morgan County would have about 50, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 408 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Morgan County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 13,626 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,713 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $59,351 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.2% 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. 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. Morgan County scores 66 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #500 of 2,405 scored counties.
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