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Sit-down restaurants in Ben Hill County, GA
The sit-down restaurants in Ben Hill County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,129 of 2,405 scored counties
#105 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 41
- 15 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.6M
- On food away from home · $2,769 a household
- Spending per listing
- $478K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.9
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,099
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Ben Hill County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,129 of 2,405 scored counties and #105 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Ben Hill County comes to about $19.6M a year: $2,769 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $478K per restaurant, 28% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Ben Hill County has 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 37%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 57.9, 6% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Ben Hill County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 787 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1M has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Ben Hill County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ben Hill County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ben Hill County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Ben Hill County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.9 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $478K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 787 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,769 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,758 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Ben Hill 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 Ben Hill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,099−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,082
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 250 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $41,758+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,193
- Median home value
- $112,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,834
- Daytime population
- 16,434Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Effingham County, GA | 92 | 90 | 37.1 | $1.1M | +14.1% | #14 of 2,405 |
| 2Paulding County, GA | 91 | 197 | 32.8 | $1.3M | +12.7% | #17 of 2,405 |
| 3Pike County, GA | 89 | 23 | 34.2 | $1.2M | +10.5% | #32 of 2,405 |
| 4Lee County, GA | 88 | 29 | 23.6 | $1.7M | +2.9% | #35 of 2,405 |
| 5Long County, GA | 85 | 12 | 19.5 | $1.7M | +32.6% | #59 of 2,405 |
| 6Oglethorpe County, GA | 84 | 17 | 31.4 | $1.2M | +10.4% | #73 of 2,405 |
| 7Jones County, GA | 83 | 25 | 23.2 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #81 of 2,405 |
| 8Forsyth County, GA | 82 | 433 | 48.6 | $1.1M | +11.8% | #93 of 2,405 |
| 9Jasper County, GA | 82 | 20 | 33.5 | $1M | +20.2% | #94 of 2,405 |
| 10Monroe County, GA | 80 | 56 | 53.1 | $762K | +14.1% | #133 of 2,405 |
| 105Ben Hill County, GA | 28 | 41 | 57.9 | $478K | −0.4% | #2,129 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Ben Hill County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes27
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops28
- Pizza14
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops13
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Ben Hill County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 sit-down restaurants in Ben Hill County. 15 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Ben Hill County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $19.6M a year, or $2,769 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $478K 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 7,082 households in Ben Hill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ben Hill County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Ben Hill County has 57.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $478K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Ben Hill County would have about 30, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 787 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Ben Hill County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Ben Hill County at 17,099 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,082 households. Median household income in Ben Hill County is $41,758, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Ben Hill County scores 28 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #2,129 of 2,405 scored counties.
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