Food and drink · Small-town market · Tennessee
Restaurants and cafes in the Dyersburg, TN area
The restaurants and cafes in the Dyersburg, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #427 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 150
- 63 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $48M
- On food away from home · $3,251 a household
- Spending per listing
- $320K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.6
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,320
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Dyersburg area is 34 (lower middle), #427 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Dyersburg area comes to about $48M a year: $3,251 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $320K per restaurant, 14% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 150 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Dyersburg area as of September 2026. Of those, 63 are chain locations, or 42%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 101.6 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in the Dyersburg area classed as restaurants and other eating places, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dyersburg area declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Dyersburg area 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 | Dyersburg area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.6 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $320K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 246 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,251 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,154 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 600.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,289
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15063 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The 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 the Dyersburg 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 Dyersburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,320−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,769
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $58,154+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,907
- Median home value
- $166,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,590
- Daytime population
- 36,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewisburg, TN | 89 | 104 | 76.3 | $476K | +10.5% | #5 of 538 |
| 2Fayetteville, TN | 84 | 107 | 72.1 | $481K | +4.3% | #17 of 538 |
| 3Winchester, TN | 82 | 125 | 71.7 | $476K | +6.4% | #22 of 538 |
| 4Athens, TN | 80 | 179 | 67.7 | $495K | +8.2% | #28 of 538 |
| 5Crossville, TN | 78 | 198 | 70.2 | $458K | +8.0% | #36 of 538 |
| 6Shelbyville, TN | 78 | 163 | 83.6 | $417K | +9.7% | #38 of 538 |
| 7Lawrenceburg, TN | 68 | 137 | 80.6 | $394K | +6.2% | #96 of 538 |
| 8McMinnville, TN | 66 | 129 | 79.6 | $394K | +6.5% | #114 of 538 |
| 9Greeneville, TN | 64 | 211 | 74.3 | $427K | +5.0% | #131 of 538 |
| 10Newport, TN | 57 | 134 | 86.4 | $336K | +5.1% | #194 of 538 |
| 16Dyersburg, TN | 34 | 150 | 101.6 | $320K | −1.1% | #427 of 538 |
Other business types in the Dyersburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops31
- Pizza25
- Coffee shops and cafes56
- Bakeries and dessert shops42
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Dyersburg, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 150 restaurants and cafes in the Dyersburg area. 63 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Dyersburg, TN area spend on food away from home?
About $48M a year, or $3,251 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 150 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $320K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,769 households in the Dyersburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dyersburg, TN area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Dyersburg area has 101.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $320K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Dyersburg area would have about 130, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dyersburg, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Dyersburg area at 36,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,769 households. Median household income in the Dyersburg area is $58,154, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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 Dyersburg area scores 34 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #427 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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