Food and drink · County · Virginia
Restaurants and cafes in Staunton city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Staunton city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,198 of 2,405 scored counties
#103 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 159
- 59 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 67
- +1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,403 a household
- Spending per listing
- $242K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 140.6
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,801
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Staunton city scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,198 of 2,405 scored counties and #103 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Staunton city comes to about $38.5M a year: $3,403 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $242K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 159 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Staunton city as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 140.6, 28% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Staunton city in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 169 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $245K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Staunton city. Population estimates show Staunton city grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Staunton 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 | Staunton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 140.6 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $242K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 169 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.5% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,403 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,581 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66 → 67+1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,158
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15959 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $245K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Staunton 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 Staunton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,801+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,309
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 20 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,303
- Median household income
- $65,581+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,942
- Median home value
- $259,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,910
- Daytime population
- 25,488Residents 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 |
| 103Staunton city, VA | 25 | 159 | 140.6 | $242K | +3.8% | #2,198 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Staunton city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops32
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes28
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Staunton city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 159 restaurants and cafes in Staunton city. 59 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Staunton city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,403 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 159 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $242K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,309 households in Staunton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Staunton city, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Staunton city has 140.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $242K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Staunton city would have about 104, against 159 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 169 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Staunton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Staunton city at 26,801 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,309 households. Median household income in Staunton city is $65,581, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Staunton city scores 25 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,198 of 2,405 scored counties.
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