Food and drink · Small-town market · Arkansas
Sit-down restaurants in the Russellville, AR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Russellville, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #249 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 165
- 56 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +4.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $106M
- On food away from home · $3,243 a household
- Spending per listing
- $642K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 84,932
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,243 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Russellville area spend about $106M a year on food away from home. That is about $642K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 165 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Russellville area as of September 2026. 56 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 50.5, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in the Russellville area classed as full-service restaurants, up 4.7% from 2019. That is one for every 726 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Russellville area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Russellville area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #249 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Russellville 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 | Russellville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.5 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $642K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 726 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.7% | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,243 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,102 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45+4.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 846
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16556 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 160The 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 Russellville 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 Russellville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 84,932+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 32,671
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,741 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $57,102+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,829
- Median home value
- $165,100
- Jobs located here
- 34,546
- Daytime population
- 84,258Residents 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 Russellville 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 |
Other business types in the Russellville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes55
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Russellville, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 165 sit-down restaurants in the Russellville area. 56 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Russellville, AR area spend on food away from home?
About $106M a year, or $3,243 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 165 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $642K 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 32,671 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Russellville, AR area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Russellville area has 50.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $642K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Russellville area would have about 160, against 165 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 726 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Russellville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Russellville area at 84,932 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,671 households. Median household income in the Russellville area is $57,102, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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 Russellville area scores 52 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #249 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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