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Sit-down restaurants in Habersham County, GA
How Habersham 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,062 of 2,405 scored counties
#54 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 101
- 33 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.4M
- On food away from home · $3,547 a household
- Spending per listing
- $588K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.3
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,416
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 101 sit-down restaurants in Habersham County. Of those, 33 are chain locations, or 33%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 60.3 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Habersham County comes to about $59.4M a year: $3,547 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 101 sit-down restaurants, that is $588K per restaurant, 11% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Habersham County classed as full-service restaurants, down 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 698 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Habersham County.
Population estimates put the population change in Habersham County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Habersham County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,062 of 2,405 scored counties and #54 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Habersham 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 | Habersham County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.3 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $588K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 698 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.1% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,547 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,309 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 24−11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 351
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Habersham 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 Habersham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,416+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,753
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 277 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 173
- Median household income
- $67,309+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,702
- Median home value
- $238,300
- Jobs located here
- 13,258
- Daytime population
- 41,101Residents 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 Habersham 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 |
| 54Habersham County, GA | 53 | 101 | 60.3 | $588K | +9.3% | #1,062 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Habersham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes51
- Bakeries and dessert shops57
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 Habersham County, GA?
Habersham County has 101 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Habersham County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $59.4M a year, or $3,547 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $588K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,753 households in Habersham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Habersham County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Habersham County has 60.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $588K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Habersham County would have about 90, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 698 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Habersham County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Habersham County at 50,416 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,753 households. The median household income in Habersham County is $67,309 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. 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. Habersham County scores 53 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,062 of 2,405 scored counties.
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