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Sit-down restaurants in Greene County, IA
How Greene County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 17
- 10 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On food away from home · $3,580 a household
- Spending per listing
- $826K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.3
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,658
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Greene County spend about $14M a year on food away from home, or $3,580 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $826K per restaurant, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Greene County has 17 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (59%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 43.3 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Greene County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 490 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Greene County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Greene County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Greene County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.3 | 52.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $826K | $733K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 490 | 535 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,580 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,409 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Greene 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 Greene County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,658−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,922
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 570 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $63,409
- Average household income
- $83,360
- Median home value
- $155,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,134
- Daytime population
- 7,918Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Greene County?
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Greene County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 90 | 81 | 39.2 | $1.1M | +9.0% | #24 of 2,405 |
| 2Madison County, IA | 82 | 19 | 28.4 | $1.5M | +3.8% | #90 of 2,405 |
| 3Mills County, IA | 80 | 16 | 29.7 | $1.4M | +2.6% | #122 of 2,405 |
| 4Dallas County, IA | 80 | 219 | 51.6 | $923K | +17.8% | #130 of 2,405 |
| 5Benton County, IA | 79 | 28 | 27.4 | $1.5M | +1.8% | #135 of 2,405 |
| 6Boone County, IA | 77 | 44 | 40.2 | $997K | +0.4% | #196 of 2,405 |
| 7Harrison County, IA | 75 | 23 | 37.8 | $1M | +0.4% | #239 of 2,405 |
| 8Buchanan County, IA | 71 | 28 | 33.9 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #334 of 2,405 |
| 9Hancock County, IA | 69 | 12 | 25.7 | $1.4M | −2.2% | #392 of 2,405 |
| 10Jasper County, IA | 68 | 55 | 36.6 | $1M | +0.9% | #423 of 2,405 |
| Greene County, IA | Not scored | 17 | 43.3 | $826K | −1.0% |
Other business types in Greene County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Greene County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 sit-down restaurants in Greene County. 10 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Greene County, IA spend on food away from home?
About $14M a year, or $3,580 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $826K 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 3,922 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greene County, IA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Greene County has 43.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $826K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Greene County would have about 21, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 490 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Greene County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Greene County at 8,658 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,922 households. Median household income in Greene County is $63,409, 21% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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