Food and drink · Small-town market · Kentucky
Sit-down restaurants in the Campbellsville, KY area
The sit-down restaurants in the Campbellsville, KY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #42 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 49
- 27 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.1M
- On food away from home · $3,141 a household
- Spending per listing
- $941K
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.4
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,407
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Campbellsville area is 75 (high), #42 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for sit-down restaurants.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 sit-down restaurants in the Campbellsville area. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 55%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.4, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Campbellsville area comes to about $46.1M a year: $3,141 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 sit-down restaurants, that is $941K per restaurant, 42% 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 the Campbellsville area in 2023. That is one for every 864 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Campbellsville area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Campbellsville area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Campbellsville area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.4 | 49.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $941K | $707K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 864 | 646 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,141 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,014 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 297
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4927 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 70The 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 the Campbellsville 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 Campbellsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,407+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,681
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 552 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $56,014+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,871
- Median home value
- $162,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,817
- Daytime population
- 36,943Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Campbellsville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond-Berea, KY | 77 | 191 | 38.5 | $867K | +7.0% | #32 of 538 |
| 2Campbellsville, KY | 75 | 49 | 33.4 | $941K | +3.4% | #42 of 538 |
| 3Frankfort, KY | 75 | 132 | 40.8 | $874K | +3.1% | #43 of 538 |
| 4Mount Sterling, KY | 72 | 67 | 36.9 | $860K | +3.1% | #61 of 538 |
| 5Danville, KY | 62 | 104 | 47.8 | $675K | +3.6% | #144 of 538 |
| 6Mayfield, KY | 59 | 58 | 41.0 | $765K | +1.4% | #175 of 538 |
| 7Corbin, KY | 57 | 212 | 37.5 | $782K | +0.1% | #195 of 538 |
| 8Madisonville, KY | 56 | 74 | 40.2 | $784K | −0.5% | #200 of 538 |
| 9Somerset, KY | 55 | 123 | 46.9 | $659K | +3.5% | #218 of 538 |
| 10Glasgow, KY | 48 | 102 | 46.1 | $669K | +2.6% | #291 of 538 |
Other business types in the Campbellsville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes73
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops34
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops62
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Campbellsville, KY area?
There are 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Campbellsville area as of September 2026. 27 of them (55%) 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. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Campbellsville, KY area spend on food away from home?
About $46.1M a year, or $3,141 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $941K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,681 households in the Campbellsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Campbellsville, KY area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Campbellsville area has 33.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $941K, 42% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Campbellsville area would have about 70, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 864 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Campbellsville, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Campbellsville area at 38,407 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,681 households. The median household income in the Campbellsville area is $56,014 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.9% 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. 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 Campbellsville area scores 75 for sit-down restaurants (high), #42 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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