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Sit-down restaurants in Heard County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Heard County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #237 of 2,405 scored counties
#20 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 14
- 3 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.9M
- On food away from home · $3,456 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.5
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,149
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Heard County is 75 (high), #237 of 2,405 scored counties and #20 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Households in Heard County spend about $14.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,456 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 sit-down restaurants, that is $1.1M per restaurant, 60% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Heard County has 14 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 21%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 32.5 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for full-service restaurants in Heard County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $438K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Heard County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Heard County grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Heard 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 | Heard County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.5 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $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 | +6.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,456 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,868 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 143 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $438K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Heard 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 Heard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,149+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,309
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 296 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $65,868+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,040
- Median home value
- $186,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,539
- Daytime population
- 9,017Residents 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 Heard 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 |
| 20Heard County, GA | 75 | 14 | 32.5 | $1.1M | +6.2% | #237 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Heard County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes83
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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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 Heard County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 sit-down restaurants in Heard County. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Heard County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Heard County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $14.9M a year, or $3,456 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 4,309 households in Heard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Heard County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Heard County has 32.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Heard County would have about 22, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Heard County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Heard County at 12,149 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,309 households. Median household income in Heard County is $65,868, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Heard County scores 75 for sit-down restaurants (high), #237 of 2,405 scored counties.
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