Food and drink · Small-town market · Georgia
Sit-down restaurants in the Calhoun, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Calhoun, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #71 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 107
- 53 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +8.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.1M
- On food away from home · $3,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $702K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.1
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,701
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 107 sit-down restaurants in the Calhoun area. 53 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 50.1 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the Calhoun area spend about $75.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,519 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $702K per restaurant, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Calhoun area was 27 in 2023, up 8.0% from 2019. That is one for every 791 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $505K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Calhoun area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Calhoun area grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Calhoun area scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #71 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Calhoun area 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 | Calhoun area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.1 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $702K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 791 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.0% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,519 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,650 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27+8.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 600
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10753 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 113The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $505K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Calhoun 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 Calhoun area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,701+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 21,348
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 357 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 166
- Median household income
- $63,650+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,559
- Median home value
- $222,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,064
- Daytime population
- 58,314Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Calhoun area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 80 | 163 | 57.4 | $723K | +29.3% | #20 of 538 |
| 2Calhoun, GA | 71 | 107 | 50.1 | $702K | +6.9% | #71 of 538 |
| 3Toccoa, GA | 66 | 42 | 39.9 | $767K | +3.8% | #104 of 538 |
| 4Kingsland, GA | 66 | 129 | 59.5 | $615K | +9.5% | #108 of 538 |
| 5Cornelia, GA | 62 | 101 | 60.3 | $588K | +9.3% | #145 of 538 |
| 6Summerville, GA | 58 | 37 | 40.4 | $726K | +1.5% | #186 of 538 |
| 7Thomaston, GA | 54 | 52 | 49.1 | $658K | +2.7% | #226 of 538 |
| 8Thomasville, GA | 54 | 154 | 53.5 | $623K | +1.3% | #227 of 538 |
| 9Waycross, GA | 49 | 102 | 49.6 | $616K | +3.0% | #277 of 538 |
| 10Statesboro, GA | 49 | 202 | 57.8 | $568K | +8.0% | #279 of 538 |
Other business types in the Calhoun area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes75
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza57
- Coffee shops and cafes73
- Bakeries and dessert shops78
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Calhoun, GA area?
The Calhoun area has 107 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 53 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.0% from 2019. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Calhoun, GA area spend on food away from home?
About $75.1M a year, or $3,519 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $702K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,348 households in the Calhoun area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Calhoun, GA area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Calhoun area has 50.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $702K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Calhoun area would have about 113, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 791 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Calhoun, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Calhoun area at 61,701 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,348 households. The median household income in the Calhoun area is $63,650 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Calhoun area scores 71 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #71 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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