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Sit-down restaurants in Gilchrist County, FL
How Gilchrist County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #176 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 27
- 6 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25M
- On food away from home · $3,493 a household
- Spending per listing
- $925K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.8
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,488
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Gilchrist County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #176 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Household spending on food away from home in Gilchrist County comes to about $25M a year: $3,493 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 sit-down restaurants, that is $925K per restaurant, 39% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 27 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Gilchrist County as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 22%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.8, 38% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Gilchrist County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,022 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gilchrist County grew 14.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Gilchrist County 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 | Gilchrist County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.8 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $925K | $582K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,022 | 481 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,493 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,523 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 170
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 276 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Gilchrist 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 Gilchrist County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,488+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,151
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 350 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $63,523+45.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,884
- Median home value
- $199,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,574
- Daytime population
- 15,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 87 | 176 | 25.0 | $1.5M | +21.1% | #48 of 2,405 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 83 | 293 | 40.4 | $1M | +11.7% | #87 of 2,405 |
| 3Baker County, FL | 80 | 30 | 32.7 | $1.2M | +5.8% | #126 of 2,405 |
| 4Glades County, FL | 78 | 8 | 17.8 | $1.7M | +9.9% | #155 of 2,405 |
| 5Gilchrist County, FL | 78 | 27 | 37.8 | $925K | +14.5% | #176 of 2,405 |
| 6Clay County, FL | 78 | 380 | 45.4 | $889K | +9.4% | #177 of 2,405 |
| 7Pasco County, FL | 77 | 993 | 42.0 | $888K | +19.1% | #199 of 2,405 |
| 8Union County, FL | 76 | 10 | 23.2 | $1.5M | +5.2% | #209 of 2,405 |
| 9Flagler County, FL | 75 | 225 | 42.8 | $906K | +21.0% | #251 of 2,405 |
| 10Dixie County, FL | 74 | 14 | 22.5 | $1.3M | +8.0% | #257 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Gilchrist County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes82
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops66
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Gilchrist County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 sit-down restaurants in Gilchrist County. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Gilchrist County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $25M a year, or $3,493 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $925K 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 7,151 households in Gilchrist County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gilchrist County, FL compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Gilchrist County has 37.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $925K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Gilchrist County would have about 38, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,022 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Gilchrist County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Gilchrist County at 20,488 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,151 households. Median household income in Gilchrist County is $63,523, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.6%, 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. 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. Gilchrist County scores 78 for sit-down restaurants (high), #176 of 2,405 scored counties.
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