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Sit-down restaurants in Floyd County, IN

The sit-down restaurants in Floyd County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #824 of 2,405 scored counties
#45 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
168
58 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
58
−7.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$128.9M
On food away from home · $4,039 a household
Spending per listing
$767K
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
52.6
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
82,153
+2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $4,039 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Floyd County spend about $128.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $767K per restaurant, 16% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

There are 168 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Floyd County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.6, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in Floyd County classed as full-service restaurants, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 550 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Floyd County.

Population estimates put the population change in Floyd County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Floyd County is 58 (upper middle), #824 of 2,405 scored counties and #45 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Floyd County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Floyd County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureFloyd CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households52.650.561.3
Spending per listing$767K$753K$664K
Households per official establishment550566500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.9%+0.1%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,039$3,802$4,070
Median household income$79,704$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5859

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
63 → 58−7.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,244
Annual payroll, 2023
$29.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
16858 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
194The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Floyd 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 Floyd County

Population, 2025 estimate
82,153+2.0% since 2020
Households
31,916
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
149 sq. mi.
People per square mile
545
Median household income
$79,704+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,952
Median home value
$251,000
Jobs located here
32,492
Daytime population
72,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Floyd County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN8811534.4$1.3M+13.5%#39 of 2,405
2Warrick County, IN859638.2$1.1M+4.4%#62 of 2,405
3Morgan County, IN7910838.2$1.1M+4.4%#148 of 2,405
4Harrison County, IN785233.6$1.1M+1.9%#159 of 2,405
5Wells County, IN774034.6$1M+2.6%#192 of 2,405
6Lawrence County, IN765629.3$1.2M+1.2%#216 of 2,405
7Hendricks County, IN7629944.6$1M+10.2%#223 of 2,405
8Boone County, IN7615052.2$948K+13.5%#226 of 2,405
9Owen County, IN752427.8$1.2M+2.6%#233 of 2,405
10Whitley County, IN755337.8$1M+2.1%#240 of 2,405
45Floyd County, IN5816852.6$767K+2.0%#824 of 2,405

Other business types in Floyd County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Floyd County, IN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 168 sit-down restaurants in Floyd County. 58 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Floyd County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $128.9M a year, or $4,039 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 168 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $767K 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 31,916 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Floyd County, IN compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Floyd County has 52.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $767K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Floyd County would have about 194, against 168 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 550 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Floyd County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Floyd County at 82,153 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,916 households. Median household income in Floyd County is $79,704, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Floyd County scores 58 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #824 of 2,405 scored counties.

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