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Restaurants and cafes in Shenandoah County, VA
The restaurants and cafes in Shenandoah County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,280 of 2,405 scored counties
#77 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 179
- 60 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $64.2M
- On food away from home · $3,574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $359K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.7
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,839
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 179 restaurants and cafes in Shenandoah County. Of those, 60 are chain locations, or 34%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 99.7 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Shenandoah County spend about $64.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,574 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $359K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Shenandoah County in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 239 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Shenandoah County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Shenandoah County is 48 (lower middle), #1,280 of 2,405 scored counties and #77 of 115 scored counties in Virginia.
How Shenandoah 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 | Shenandoah County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.7 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $359K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 239 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,574 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,191 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 68 → 75+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,034
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17960 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 173The 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 Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,839+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,962
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $67,191+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,485
- Median home value
- $294,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,347
- Daytime population
- 38,170Residents 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 |
| 77Shenandoah County, VA | 48 | 179 | 99.7 | $359K | +3.6% | #1,280 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Shenandoah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops63
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops31
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Shenandoah County, VA?
There are 179 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Shenandoah County as of September 2026. 60 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shenandoah County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $64.2M a year, or $3,574 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 179 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $359K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,962 households in Shenandoah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shenandoah County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Shenandoah County has 99.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $359K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Shenandoah County would have about 173, against 179 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 239 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Shenandoah County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Shenandoah County at 45,839 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,962 households. The median household income in Shenandoah County is $67,191 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Shenandoah County scores 48 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,280 of 2,405 scored counties.
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