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Sit-down restaurants in Worth County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Worth County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,495 of 2,405 scored counties
#73 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 37
- 16 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.7M
- On food away from home · $3,185 a household
- Spending per listing
- $666K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.8
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,059
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Worth County comes to about $24.7M a year: $3,185 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 37 sit-down restaurants, that is $666K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Worth County has 37 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 43%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 47.8, 22% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Worth County in 2023. That is one for every 1,290 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Worth County declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For sit-down restaurants, Worth County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,495 of 2,405 scored counties and #73 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Worth 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 | Worth County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.8 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $666K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,290 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,185 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,694 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $453K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3716 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Worth 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 Worth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,059−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,739
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $58,694+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,946
- Median home value
- $104,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,427
- Daytime population
- 16,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Worth County?
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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 Worth 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 |
| 73Worth County, GA | 43 | 37 | 47.8 | $666K | −3.2% | #1,495 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Worth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Worth County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 sit-down restaurants in Worth County. 16 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Worth County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $24.7M a year, or $3,185 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $666K 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 7,739 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worth County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Worth County has 47.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $666K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,290 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Worth County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Worth County at 20,059 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,739 households. Median household income in Worth County is $58,694, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Worth County scores 43 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,495 of 2,405 scored counties.
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