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Sit-down restaurants in Perry County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Perry County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,518 of 2,405 scored counties
#69 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 33
- 12 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.1M
- On food away from home · $3,366 a household
- Spending per listing
- $791K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,389
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 sit-down restaurants in Perry County. 12 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 42.5 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Perry County comes to about $26.1M a year: $3,366 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $791K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 19% above 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.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Perry County in 2023. That is one for every 456 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Perry County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Perry County is 42 (lower middle), #1,518 of 2,405 scored counties and #69 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Perry 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.
| Measure | Perry County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.5 | 50.5 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $791K | $753K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 456 | 566 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,366 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,151 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 225
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Perry 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 Perry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,389+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,758
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 382 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,151+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,866
- Median home value
- $163,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,555
- Daytime population
- 17,537Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 88 | 115 | 34.4 | $1.3M | +13.5% | #39 of 2,405 |
| 2Warrick County, IN | 85 | 96 | 38.2 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #62 of 2,405 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 79 | 108 | 38.2 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #148 of 2,405 |
| 4Harrison County, IN | 78 | 52 | 33.6 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #159 of 2,405 |
| 5Wells County, IN | 77 | 40 | 34.6 | $1M | +2.6% | #192 of 2,405 |
| 6Lawrence County, IN | 76 | 56 | 29.3 | $1.2M | +1.2% | #216 of 2,405 |
| 7Hendricks County, IN | 76 | 299 | 44.6 | $1M | +10.2% | #223 of 2,405 |
| 8Boone County, IN | 76 | 150 | 52.2 | $948K | +13.5% | #226 of 2,405 |
| 9Owen County, IN | 75 | 24 | 27.8 | $1.2M | +2.6% | #233 of 2,405 |
| 10Whitley County, IN | 75 | 53 | 37.8 | $1M | +2.1% | #240 of 2,405 |
| 69Perry County, IN | 42 | 33 | 42.5 | $791K | +1.2% | #1,518 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Perry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza34
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Perry County, IN?
There are 33 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Perry County as of September 2026. 12 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Perry County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $26.1M a year, or $3,366 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $791K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,758 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perry County, IN compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Perry County has 42.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $791K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Perry County would have about 39, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 456 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Perry County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Perry County at 19,389 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,758 households. The median household income in Perry County is $61,151 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Perry County scores 42 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,518 of 2,405 scored counties.
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