Food and drink · Small-town market · Georgia
Sit-down restaurants in the Kingsland, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Kingsland, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #108 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 129
- 45 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −26.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.3M
- On food away from home · $3,655 a household
- Spending per listing
- $615K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 59.5
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,143
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 sit-down restaurants in the Kingsland area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 59.5 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the Kingsland area spend about $79.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,655 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $615K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 7% 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 30 businesses with payroll in the Kingsland area classed as full-service restaurants, down 26.8% from 2019. That is one for every 723 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $632K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Kingsland area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingsland area grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kingsland area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #108 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Kingsland 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 | Kingsland area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 59.5 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $615K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 723 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −26.8% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,655 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,378 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30−26.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 750
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12945 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 120The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $632K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Kingsland 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 Kingsland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,143+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 21,693
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $74,378
- Average household income
- $88,291
- Median home value
- $261,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,044
- Daytime population
- 51,629Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Kingsland area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 80 | 163 | 57.4 | $723K | +29.3% | #20 of 538 |
| 2Calhoun, GA | 71 | 107 | 50.1 | $702K | +6.9% | #71 of 538 |
| 3Toccoa, GA | 66 | 42 | 39.9 | $767K | +3.8% | #104 of 538 |
| 4Kingsland, GA | 66 | 129 | 59.5 | $615K | +9.5% | #108 of 538 |
| 5Cornelia, GA | 62 | 101 | 60.3 | $588K | +9.3% | #145 of 538 |
| 6Summerville, GA | 58 | 37 | 40.4 | $726K | +1.5% | #186 of 538 |
| 7Thomaston, GA | 54 | 52 | 49.1 | $658K | +2.7% | #226 of 538 |
| 8Thomasville, GA | 54 | 154 | 53.5 | $623K | +1.3% | #227 of 538 |
| 9Waycross, GA | 49 | 102 | 49.6 | $616K | +3.0% | #277 of 538 |
| 10Statesboro, GA | 49 | 202 | 57.8 | $568K | +8.0% | #279 of 538 |
Other business types in the Kingsland area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants66
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes77
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Kingsland, GA area?
There are 129 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Kingsland area as of September 2026. 45 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 26.8% from 2019. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Kingsland, GA area spend on food away from home?
About $79.3M a year, or $3,655 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $615K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,693 households in the Kingsland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsland, GA area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Kingsland area has 59.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $615K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Kingsland area would have about 120, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 723 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 26.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsland, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsland area at 60,143 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,693 households. The median household income in the Kingsland area is $74,378 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Kingsland area scores 66 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #108 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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