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Restaurants and cafes in Wythe County, VA
How Wythe County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,177 of 2,405 scored counties
#101 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 121
- 66 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.1M
- On food away from home · $3,197 a household
- Spending per listing
- $331K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 96.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,983
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Wythe County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #2,177 of 2,405 scored counties and #101 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 121 restaurants and cafes in Wythe County. Of those, 66 are chain locations, or 55%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 96.5 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Wythe County comes to about $40.1M a year: $3,197 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $331K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Wythe County was 57 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 220 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show Wythe County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wythe 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 | Wythe County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 96.5 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $331K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 220 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,197 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,745 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57 → 570.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12166 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 108The 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 Wythe 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 Wythe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,983−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 12,533
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 462 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $57,745+17.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,745
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,749
- Daytime population
- 27,635Residents 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 |
| 101Wythe County, VA | 25 | 121 | 96.5 | $331K | −1.2% | #2,177 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Wythe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops16
- Pizza19
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Wythe County, VA?
There are 121 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Wythe County as of September 2026. 66 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wythe County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $40.1M a year, or $3,197 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 121 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $331K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,533 households in Wythe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wythe County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Wythe County has 96.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $331K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Wythe County would have about 108, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 220 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Wythe County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Wythe County at 27,983 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,533 households. The median household income in Wythe County is $57,745 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.0% 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. Wythe County scores 25 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,177 of 2,405 scored counties.
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