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Sit-down restaurants in Dooly County, GA
How Dooly County, GA 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,991 of 2,405 scored counties
#96 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 21
- 8 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.4M
- On food away from home · $3,330 a household
- Spending per listing
- $639K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.1
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,156
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Dooly County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,991 of 2,405 scored counties and #96 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Dooly County comes to about $13.4M a year: $3,330 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $639K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Dooly County has 21 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 38%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.1, 15% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for full-service restaurants in Dooly County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Dooly County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dooly 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 | Dooly County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.1 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $639K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,330 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,987 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Dooly 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 Dooly County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,156−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,031
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $60,987+63.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,968
- Median home value
- $107,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,244
- Daytime population
- 10,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Dooly County marked.
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 |
| 96Dooly County, GA | 31 | 21 | 52.1 | $639K | −0.1% | #1,991 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Dooly County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops14
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Dooly County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 sit-down restaurants in Dooly County. 8 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Dooly County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dooly County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $13.4M a year, or $3,330 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $639K 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 4,031 households in Dooly County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dooly County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Dooly County has 52.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $639K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Dooly County would have about 20, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is Dooly County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dooly County at 11,156 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,031 households. Median household income in Dooly County is $60,987, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 63.3%, 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. Dooly County scores 31 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,991 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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