Food and drink · Metro area · Georgia
Sit-down restaurants in the Hinesville, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Hinesville, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #141 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 151
- 61 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $98.3M
- On food away from home · $3,258 a household
- Spending per listing
- $651K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.1
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,870
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 151 sit-down restaurants in the Hinesville metro area. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 50.1 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,258 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Hinesville metro area spend about $98.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $651K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 2% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Hinesville metro area was 29 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,040 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.6M has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Hinesville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hinesville metro area grew 12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Hinesville metro area is 56 (upper middle), #141 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Hinesville metro 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 | Hinesville metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.1 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $651K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,040 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,258 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,709 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 290.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 607
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15161 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Hinesville metro 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 Hinesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,870+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 30,160
- Median age
- 31.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 917 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 94
- Median household income
- $61,709+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,391
- Median home value
- $204,500
- Jobs located here
- 17,128
- Daytime population
- 75,511Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hinesville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 60 | 442 | 59.4 | $642K | +8.2% | #114 of 387 |
| 2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 56 | 1,227 | 52.9 | $691K | +4.7% | #139 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, GA | 56 | 434 | 59.0 | $676K | +11.4% | #140 of 387 |
| 4Hinesville, GA | 56 | 151 | 50.1 | $651K | +12.6% | #141 of 387 |
| 5Dalton, GA | 49 | 277 | 53.2 | $650K | +3.5% | #202 of 387 |
| 6Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 45 | 16,299 | 70.5 | $604K | +5.9% | #234 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 44 | 1,374 | 59.4 | $630K | +5.3% | #238 of 387 |
| 7Rome, GA | 43 | 207 | 56.2 | $626K | +2.8% | #251 of 387 |
| 8Athens-Clarke County, GA | 37 | 524 | 60.9 | $595K | +3.9% | #291 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 34 | 333 | 58.6 | $550K | +3.3% | #316 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hinesville metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes68
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops29
- Pizza32
- Coffee shops and cafes79
- Bakeries and dessert shops79
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Hinesville, GA metro area?
There are 151 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Hinesville metro area as of September 2026. 61 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hinesville, GA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $98.3M a year, or $3,258 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 151 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $651K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,160 households in the Hinesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hinesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Hinesville metro area has 50.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $651K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Hinesville metro area would have about 148, against 151 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,040 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Hinesville, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hinesville metro area at 91,870 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,160 households. The median household income in the Hinesville metro area is $61,709 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. The Hinesville metro area scores 56 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #141 of 387 scored metro areas.
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