Food and drink · Small-town market · Florida
Sit-down restaurants in the Arcadia, FL area
How the Arcadia, FL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #126 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 54
- 22 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.1M
- On food away from home · $2,974 a household
- Spending per listing
- $706K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.1
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,078
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Arcadia area spend about $38.1M a year on food away from home, or $2,974 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 54 sit-down restaurants, that is $706K per restaurant, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 54 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Arcadia area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 42.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Arcadia area classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,166 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Arcadia area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Arcadia area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #126 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Arcadia area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Arcadia area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.1 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $706K | $582K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,166 | 481 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,974 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,417 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5422 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The 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 Arcadia 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 Arcadia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,078+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 12,824
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,417+53.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,542
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 9,687
- Daytime population
- 32,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Florida for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Arcadia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clewiston, FL | 76 | 67 | 36.0 | $912K | +18.8% | #35 of 538 |
| 2Palatka, FL | 69 | 117 | 37.3 | $811K | +5.9% | #79 of 538 |
| 3Lake City, FL | 66 | 124 | 45.2 | $730K | +6.2% | #107 of 538 |
| 4Arcadia, FL | 64 | 54 | 42.1 | $706K | +8.8% | #126 of 538 |
| 5Okeechobee, FL | 53 | 74 | 49.0 | $659K | +7.4% | #239 of 538 |
| 6Key West-Key Largo, FL | 22 | 678 | 197.1 | $217K | −2.9% | #519 of 538 |
Other business types in the Arcadia area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops71
- Pizza79
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops58
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Arcadia, FL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 54 sit-down restaurants in the Arcadia area. 22 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Arcadia, FL area spend on food away from home?
About $38.1M a year, or $2,974 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $706K 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 12,824 households in the Arcadia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Arcadia, FL area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Arcadia area has 42.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $706K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Arcadia area would have about 58, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,166 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Arcadia, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Arcadia area at 37,078 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,824 households. Median household income in the Arcadia area is $54,417, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.6%, 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 Arcadia area scores 64 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #126 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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