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Sit-down restaurants in Trigg County, KY

How Trigg County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,181 of 2,405 scored counties
#54 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
30
11 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.9M
On food away from home · $3,282 a household
Spending per listing
$663K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
49.5
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,512
+3.1% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Trigg County comes to about $19.9M a year: $3,282 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 sit-down restaurants, that is $663K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Trigg County has 30 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 37%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 49.5, 19% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Trigg County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 758 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Trigg County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Trigg County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,181 of 2,405 scored counties and #54 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Trigg 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Trigg County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureTrigg CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households49.549.361.3
Spending per listing$663K$707K$664K
Households per official establishment758646500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,282$3,489$4,070
Median household income$59,857$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5050

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
197
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3011 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Trigg 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 Trigg County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,512+3.1% since 2020
Households
6,060
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
441 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$59,857+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,074
Median home value
$207,700
Jobs located here
3,004
Daytime population
12,168Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY951824.6$1.8M+7.7%#4 of 2,405
2Oldham County, KY887934.3$1.5M+4.9%#36 of 2,405
3Bullitt County, KY889730.6$1.3M+5.0%#40 of 2,405
4Jessamine County, KY836633.1$1.1M+7.8%#85 of 2,405
5Grant County, KY782830.4$1.1M+4.7%#158 of 2,405
6Henry County, KY771524.4$1.4M+4.8%#183 of 2,405
7Meade County, KY773733.6$1.1M+2.2%#187 of 2,405
8Allen County, KY772429.9$1.1M+9.5%#190 of 2,405
9Lincoln County, KY762323.7$1.3M+4.6%#211 of 2,405
10Shelby County, KY757239.0$1M+6.2%#242 of 2,405
54Trigg County, KY503049.5$663K+3.1%#1,181 of 2,405

Other business types in Trigg County

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Trigg County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 sit-down restaurants in Trigg County. 11 of them (37%) 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Trigg County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $19.9M a year, or $3,282 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $663K 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 6,060 households in Trigg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Trigg County has 49.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $663K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 758 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Trigg County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Trigg County at 14,512 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,060 households. Median household income in Trigg County is $59,857, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.4%, 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. Trigg County scores 50 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,181 of 2,405 scored counties.

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