Food and drink · Small-town market · Georgia
Sit-down restaurants in the Statesboro, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Statesboro, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #279 of 538 scored small-town markets
#10 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 202
- 102 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- −3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $114.8M
- On food away from home · $3,286 a household
- Spending per listing
- $568K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.8
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,977
- +8.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Statesboro area comes to about $114.8M a year: $3,286 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $568K per restaurant, 14% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 202 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Statesboro area as of September 2026. Of those, 102 are chain locations, or 50%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 57.8 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Statesboro area was 57 in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 613 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $649K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Statesboro area.
Population estimates show the Statesboro area grew 8.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Statesboro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #279 of 538 scored small-town markets and #10 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.
How the Statesboro 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 | Statesboro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.8 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $568K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 613 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.4% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,286 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,446 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57−3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,689
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 173The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $649K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Statesboro 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 Statesboro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,977+8.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,933
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 859 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $57,446
- Average household income
- $79,525
- Median home value
- $207,800
- Jobs located here
- 31,179
- Daytime population
- 89,130Residents 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 Statesboro 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 Statesboro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza34
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Statesboro, GA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 202 sit-down restaurants in the Statesboro area. 102 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Statesboro, GA area spend on food away from home?
About $114.8M a year, or $3,286 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 202 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $568K 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 34,933 households in the Statesboro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Statesboro, GA area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Statesboro area has 57.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $568K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Statesboro area would have about 173, against 202 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 613 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Statesboro, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Statesboro area at 97,977 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,933 households. Median household income in the Statesboro area is $57,446, 29% 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 Statesboro area scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #279 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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