Food and drink · Small-town market · Arkansas
Sit-down restaurants in the Mountain Home, AR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Mountain Home, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #432 of 538 scored small-town markets
#11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 102
- 31 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- −5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.6M
- On food away from home · $3,027 a household
- Spending per listing
- $574K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.7
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Mountain Home area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #432 of 538 scored small-town markets and #11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $3,027 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Mountain Home area spend about $58.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $574K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 102 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Mountain Home area as of September 2026. Of those, 31 are chain locations, or 30%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.7, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Mountain Home area was 38 in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 509 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Mountain Home area grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Mountain Home area 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 | Mountain Home area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.7 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $574K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 509 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.0% | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,027 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38−5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 592
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10231 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The 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 the Mountain Home area, 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 the Mountain Home area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Mountain Home area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Malvern, AR | 71 | 41 | 33.3 | $943K | +1.1% | #64 of 538 |
| 2Harrison, AR | 55 | 78 | 42.1 | $745K | +2.4% | #215 of 538 |
| 3Russellville, AR | 52 | 165 | 50.5 | $642K | +1.6% | #249 of 538 |
| 4Batesville, AR | 50 | 79 | 54.0 | $597K | +2.2% | #268 of 538 |
| 5Searcy, AR | 46 | 158 | 53.3 | $592K | +4.2% | #316 of 538 |
| 6Paragould, AR | 44 | 92 | 51.1 | $629K | +3.4% | #330 of 538 |
| 7Camden, AR | 43 | 48 | 46.5 | $662K | −3.6% | #338 of 538 |
| 8Pine Bluff, AR | 41 | 128 | 47.5 | $641K | −5.6% | #361 of 538 |
| 9Magnolia, AR | 37 | 46 | 54.7 | $575K | −3.7% | #406 of 538 |
| 10Arkadelphia, AR | 35 | 45 | 55.4 | $563K | −2.2% | #425 of 538 |
| 11Mountain Home, AR | 34 | 102 | 52.7 | $574K | +3.1% | #432 of 538 |
Other business types in the Mountain Home area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants34
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Mountain Home, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 102 sit-down restaurants in the Mountain Home area. 31 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mountain Home, AR area spend on food away from home?
About $58.6M a year, or $3,027 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 102 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $574K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,348 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mountain Home, AR area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Mountain Home area has 52.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $574K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 88, against 102 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 509 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Mountain Home, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in the Mountain Home area is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Mountain Home area scores 34 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #432 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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