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Sit-down restaurants in Jeff Davis County, GA
The sit-down restaurants in Jeff Davis County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,740 of 2,405 scored counties
#86 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 29
- 17 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.8M
- On food away from home · $2,874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $544K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,219
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Jeff Davis County spend about $15.8M a year on food away from home, or $2,874 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $544K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 29 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Jeff Davis County as of September 2026. 17 of them (59%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.9, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Jeff Davis County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 783 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Jeff Davis County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Jeff Davis County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,740 of 2,405 scored counties and #86 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Jeff Davis 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 | Jeff Davis County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.9 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $544K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 783 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,874 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $40,283 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2917 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,219+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,484
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 331 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $40,283+9.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,951
- Median home value
- $118,300
- Jobs located here
- 4,671
- Daytime population
- 13,550Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 86Jeff Davis County, GA | 38 | 29 | 52.9 | $544K | +2.8% | #1,740 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Jeff Davis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes25
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Jeff Davis County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 sit-down restaurants in Jeff Davis County. 17 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jeff Davis County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $15.8M a year, or $2,874 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $544K 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 5,484 households in Jeff Davis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jeff Davis County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Jeff Davis County has 52.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $544K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Jeff Davis County would have about 24, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 783 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Jeff Davis County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Jeff Davis County at 15,219 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,484 households. Median household income in Jeff Davis County is $40,283, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 9.9%, 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. Jeff Davis County scores 38 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,740 of 2,405 scored counties.
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