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Restaurants and cafes in Lexington city, VA
The restaurants and cafes in Lexington city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 71
- 16 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +18.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On food away from home · $3,756 a household
- Spending per listing
- $116K
- 69% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 324.6
- 3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,769
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 71 restaurants and cafes in Lexington city. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 324.6 per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,756 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Lexington city spend about $8.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $116K per restaurant, 69% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lexington city in 2023, up 18.5% from 2019. That is one for every 68 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lexington city grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Lexington city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Lexington city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 324.6 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $116K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 68 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.5% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,756 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,517 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 32+18.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 389
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Lexington city, 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 Lexington city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,769+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,187
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,011
- Median household income
- $84,517
- Average household income
- $96,459
- Median home value
- $275,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,124
- Daytime population
- 11,251Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 96 | 56 | 54.1 | $930K | +17.4% | #3 of 2,405 |
| 2Fluvanna County, VA | 94 | 36 | 34.9 | $1.2M | +6.2% | #4 of 2,405 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 93 | 63 | 52.6 | $773K | +11.3% | #9 of 2,405 |
| 4Powhatan County, VA | 92 | 59 | 52.1 | $895K | +7.0% | #11 of 2,405 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 92 | 57 | 61.5 | $783K | +21.2% | #12 of 2,405 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 92 | 85 | 54.6 | $745K | +13.6% | #14 of 2,405 |
| 7King George County, VA | 91 | 66 | 65.1 | $731K | +10.5% | #18 of 2,405 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 90 | 245 | 69.2 | $636K | +8.8% | #28 of 2,405 |
| 9Stafford County, VA | 89 | 369 | 70.5 | $758K | +8.3% | #29 of 2,405 |
| 10Dinwiddie County, VA | 87 | 39 | 36.6 | $1M | +3.6% | #38 of 2,405 |
| Lexington city, VA | Not scored | 71 | 324.6 | $116K | +6.2% |
Other business types in Lexington city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lexington city, VA?
Lexington city has 71 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 18.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Lexington city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $8.2M a year, or $3,756 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $116K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,187 households in Lexington city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lexington city, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lexington city has 324.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $116K, 69% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lexington city would have about 22, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 68 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lexington city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lexington city at 7,769 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,187 households. The median household income in Lexington city is $84,517 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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