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Sit-down restaurants in Lafayette County, AR
The sit-down restaurants in Lafayette County, AR, 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
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On food away from home · $2,770 a household
- Spending per listing
- $660K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.0
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,888
- −6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 sit-down restaurants in Lafayette County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.0, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Lafayette County comes to about $7.3M a year: $2,770 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 sit-down restaurants, that is $660K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Lafayette County in 2023. That is one for every 874 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lafayette County declined 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Lafayette County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Lafayette County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.0 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $660K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 874 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,770 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,278 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $150K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 full-service restaurants in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,888−6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,622
- Median age
- 48.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 530 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $41,278
- Average household income
- $59,632
- Median home value
- $81,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,050
- Daytime population
- 4,853Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lafayette County?
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Lafayette County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 80 | 202 | 40.2 | $942K | +7.6% | #128 of 2,405 |
| 2Madison County, AR | 77 | 19 | 29.4 | $1.1M | +11.2% | #188 of 2,405 |
| 3Grant County, AR | 73 | 23 | 33.0 | $1.1M | +4.1% | #298 of 2,405 |
| 4Lonoke County, AR | 71 | 121 | 42.4 | $859K | +3.5% | #349 of 2,405 |
| 5Perry County, AR | 70 | 9 | 22.0 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #358 of 2,405 |
| 6Marion County, AR | 70 | 20 | 26.1 | $1.1M | +4.3% | #363 of 2,405 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 68 | 12 | 25.2 | $1.1M | +3.7% | #420 of 2,405 |
| 8Benton County, AR | 66 | 667 | 59.6 | $726K | +16.0% | #506 of 2,405 |
| 9Logan County, AR | 65 | 29 | 34.0 | $968K | +2.5% | #521 of 2,405 |
| 10Hot Spring County, AR | 63 | 41 | 33.3 | $943K | +1.1% | #611 of 2,405 |
| Lafayette County, AR | Not scored | 11 | 42.0 | $660K | −6.4% |
Other business types in Lafayette County
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 sit-down restaurants are in Lafayette County, AR?
There are 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Lafayette County as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Lafayette County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $7.3M a year, or $2,770 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $660K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,622 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette County, AR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Lafayette County has 42.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $660K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 874 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette County at 5,888 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,622 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $41,278 a year, 49% below 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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