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Sit-down restaurants in Jessamine County, KY
The sit-down restaurants in Jessamine County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #85 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 66
- 28 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- +4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.6M
- On food away from home · $3,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 72% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.1
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,147
- +7.8% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Jessamine County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #85 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
At $3,794 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Jessamine County spend about $75.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 72% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Jessamine County has 66 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 33.1 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in Jessamine County classed as full-service restaurants, up 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 797 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jessamine County grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Jessamine County 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 | Jessamine County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.1 | 49.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $707K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 797 | 646 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.2% | +1.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,794 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,576 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 25+4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 600
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6628 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The 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 Jessamine 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 Jessamine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,147+7.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,913
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 172 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 317
- Median household income
- $74,576+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,909
- Median home value
- $268,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,582
- Daytime population
- 49,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 95 | 18 | 24.6 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #4 of 2,405 |
| 2Oldham County, KY | 88 | 79 | 34.3 | $1.5M | +4.9% | #36 of 2,405 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 88 | 97 | 30.6 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #40 of 2,405 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 83 | 66 | 33.1 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #85 of 2,405 |
| 5Grant County, KY | 78 | 28 | 30.4 | $1.1M | +4.7% | #158 of 2,405 |
| 6Henry County, KY | 77 | 15 | 24.4 | $1.4M | +4.8% | #183 of 2,405 |
| 7Meade County, KY | 77 | 37 | 33.6 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #187 of 2,405 |
| 8Allen County, KY | 77 | 24 | 29.9 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #190 of 2,405 |
| 9Lincoln County, KY | 76 | 23 | 23.7 | $1.3M | +4.6% | #211 of 2,405 |
| 10Shelby County, KY | 75 | 72 | 39.0 | $1M | +6.2% | #242 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Jessamine County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes78
- Sit-down restaurants83
- Fast food and sandwich shops63
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes75
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Jessamine County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 sit-down restaurants in Jessamine County. 28 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Jessamine County, KY spend on food away from home?
About $75.6M a year, or $3,794 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 19,913 households in Jessamine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jessamine County, KY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Jessamine County has 33.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 72% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Jessamine County would have about 114, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 797 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Jessamine County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Jessamine County at 57,147 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,913 households. Median household income in Jessamine County is $74,576, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Jessamine County scores 83 for sit-down restaurants (high), #85 of 2,405 scored counties.
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