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Restaurants and cafes in Crockett County, TN
The restaurants and cafes in Crockett County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #540 of 2,405 scored counties
#30 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 33
- 11 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.9M
- On food away from home · $3,256 a household
- Spending per listing
- $544K
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 59.9
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,006
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 restaurants and cafes in Crockett County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 59.9 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Crockett County comes to about $17.9M a year: $3,256 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $544K per restaurant, 47% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crockett County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 367 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $480K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crockett County.
Population estimates put the population change in Crockett County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Crockett County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #540 of 2,405 scored counties and #30 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Crockett County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Crockett County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 59.9 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $544K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 367 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,256 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,165 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $480K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crockett 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 Crockett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,006+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,508
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 266 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $62,165+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,515
- Median home value
- $158,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,031
- Daytime population
- 11,970Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 91 | 96 | 55.8 | $719K | +7.7% | #19 of 2,405 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 84 | 133 | 58.4 | $623K | +7.0% | #69 of 2,405 |
| 3Loudon County, TN | 84 | 177 | 73.6 | $540K | +15.6% | #77 of 2,405 |
| 4Meigs County, TN | 81 | 25 | 47.8 | $694K | +10.8% | #115 of 2,405 |
| 5Hickman County, TN | 81 | 47 | 49.8 | $687K | +5.0% | #116 of 2,405 |
| 6Union County, TN | 80 | 38 | 47.9 | $689K | +8.1% | #130 of 2,405 |
| 7Cheatham County, TN | 80 | 114 | 70.0 | $567K | +4.1% | #138 of 2,405 |
| 8Grainger County, TN | 77 | 46 | 47.6 | $645K | +9.2% | #187 of 2,405 |
| 9Macon County, TN | 77 | 48 | 51.0 | $635K | +9.5% | #188 of 2,405 |
| 10Smith County, TN | 77 | 52 | 65.6 | $539K | +5.1% | #201 of 2,405 |
| 30Crockett County, TN | 65 | 33 | 59.9 | $544K | +0.7% | #540 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Crockett County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Crockett County, TN?
There are 33 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Crockett County as of September 2026. 11 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crockett County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $17.9M a year, or $3,256 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $544K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,508 households in Crockett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crockett County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Crockett County has 59.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $544K, 47% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Crockett County would have about 48, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 367 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Crockett County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Crockett County at 14,006 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,508 households. The median household income in Crockett County is $62,165 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.0% 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. Crockett County scores 65 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #540 of 2,405 scored counties.
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