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Restaurants and cafes in Page County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Page County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,487 of 2,405 scored counties
#82 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 83
- 18 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- +11.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $32M
- On food away from home · $3,226 a household
- Spending per listing
- $385K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 83.7
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,762
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 83 restaurants and cafes in Page County. 18 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 83.7, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Page County comes to about $32M a year: $3,226 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 83 restaurants and cafes, that is $385K per restaurant, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Page County in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 261 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Page County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Page County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,487 of 2,405 scored counties and #82 of 115 scored counties in Virginia.
How Page County 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 | Page County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 83.7 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $385K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 261 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.8% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,226 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,037 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 38+11.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 383
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8318 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The 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 Page 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 Page County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,762+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,911
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 310 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $57,037+10.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,730
- Median home value
- $233,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,310
- Daytime population
- 17,793Residents 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 |
| 82Page County, VA | 43 | 83 | 83.7 | $385K | +0.3% | #1,487 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Page County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes52
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Page County, VA?
There are 83 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Page County as of September 2026. 18 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Page County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $32M a year, or $3,226 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $385K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,911 households in Page County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Page County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Page County has 83.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $385K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Page County would have about 86, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 261 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Page County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Page County at 23,762 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,911 households. The median household income in Page County is $57,037 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.1% 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. Page County scores 43 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,487 of 2,405 scored counties.
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