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Restaurants and cafes in Haywood County, TN
How Haywood County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,090 of 2,405 scored counties
#83 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 65
- 24 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- −7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On food away from home · $3,043 a household
- Spending per listing
- $335K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 90.7
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,042
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Haywood County is 28 (lower middle), #2,090 of 2,405 scored counties and #83 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 65 restaurants and cafes in Haywood County. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 90.7, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,043 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Haywood County spend about $21.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $335K per restaurant, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Haywood County in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 276 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Haywood County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Haywood 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 | Haywood County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 90.7 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $335K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 276 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.1% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,043 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,472 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 26−7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 375
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6524 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 Haywood 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 Haywood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,042−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,167
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 533 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $50,472+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,310
- Median home value
- $152,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,537
- Daytime population
- 15,476Residents 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 |
| 83Haywood County, TN | 28 | 65 | 90.7 | $335K | −4.4% | #2,090 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Haywood County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops16
- Pizza28
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Haywood County, TN?
Haywood County has 65 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Haywood County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $21.8M a year, or $3,043 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $335K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,167 households in Haywood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Haywood County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Haywood County has 90.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $335K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Haywood County would have about 59, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 276 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Haywood County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Haywood County at 17,042 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,167 households. The median household income in Haywood County is $50,472 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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. Haywood County scores 28 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,090 of 2,405 scored counties.
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