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Sit-down restaurants in Evans County, GA
How Evans 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,566 of 2,405 scored counties
#76 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 22
- 13 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On food away from home · $3,024 a household
- Spending per listing
- $560K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.0
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,028
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Evans County comes to about $12.3M a year: $3,024 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $560K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Evans County has 22 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 59%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 54.0, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Evans County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,019 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Evans County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Evans County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,566 of 2,405 scored counties and #76 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Evans 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 | Evans County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.0 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $560K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,019 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,024 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,259 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 107
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2213 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Evans 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 Evans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,028+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,077
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 183 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $53,259+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,880
- Median home value
- $138,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,651
- Daytime population
- 10,457Residents 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 Evans 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 |
| 76Evans County, GA | 42 | 22 | 54.0 | $560K | +2.2% | #1,566 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Evans County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops17
- Pizza14
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Evans County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 sit-down restaurants in Evans County. 13 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Evans County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $12.3M a year, or $3,024 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $560K 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 4,077 households in Evans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Evans County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Evans County has 54.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $560K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Evans County would have about 19, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,019 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Evans County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Evans County at 11,028 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,077 households. Median household income in Evans County is $53,259, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Evans County scores 42 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,566 of 2,405 scored counties.
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