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Restaurants and cafes in Humphreys County, TN
The restaurants and cafes in Humphreys County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,501 of 2,405 scored counties
#70 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 69
- 20 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On food away from home · $3,336 a household
- Spending per listing
- $350K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 95.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,646
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Humphreys County spend about $24.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,336 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 69 restaurants and cafes, that is $350K per restaurant, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Humphreys County has 69 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 95.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Humphreys County in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 241 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Humphreys County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Humphreys County is 43 (lower middle), #1,501 of 2,405 scored counties and #70 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Humphreys 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 | Humphreys County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 95.3 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $350K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 241 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,336 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,616 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 30+11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 434
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6920 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The 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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,646+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,241
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 531 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $60,616+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,659
- Median home value
- $193,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,842
- Daytime population
- 17,857Residents 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 |
| 70Humphreys County, TN | 43 | 69 | 95.3 | $350K | +3.4% | #1,501 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Humphreys County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza32
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Humphreys County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 restaurants and cafes in Humphreys County. 20 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Humphreys County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $24.2M a year, or $3,336 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $350K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,241 households in Humphreys County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Humphreys County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Humphreys County has 95.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $350K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Humphreys County would have about 65, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 241 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Humphreys County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Humphreys County at 19,646 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,241 households. Median household income in Humphreys County is $60,616, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.7%, 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. Humphreys County scores 43 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,501 of 2,405 scored counties.
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