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Sit-down restaurants in Presque Isle County, MI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Presque Isle County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,254 of 2,405 scored counties
#50 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.5M
- On food away from home · $3,377 a household
- Spending per listing
- $977K
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.6
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,128
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Presque Isle County comes to about $22.5M a year: $3,377 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $977K per restaurant, 47% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Presque Isle County has 23 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 34.6 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Presque Isle County in 2023. That is one for every 416 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Presque Isle County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Presque Isle County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,254 of 2,405 scored counties and #50 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Presque Isle County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Presque Isle County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.6 | 47.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $977K | $823K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 416 | 566 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,377 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,321 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,128+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,655
- Median age
- 53.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 89%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 659 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $59,321+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,164
- Median home value
- $151,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,441
- Daytime population
- 10,872Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clinton County, MI | 84 | 73 | 23.1 | $1.8M | +1.6% | #68 of 2,405 |
| 2Ottawa County, MI | 84 | 398 | 35.8 | $1.2M | +3.9% | #72 of 2,405 |
| 3Livingston County, MI | 79 | 275 | 36.0 | $1.3M | +1.7% | #138 of 2,405 |
| 4Barry County, MI | 77 | 54 | 22.1 | $1.8M | +2.2% | #182 of 2,405 |
| 5Cass County, MI | 76 | 50 | 23.6 | $1.6M | +0.2% | #208 of 2,405 |
| 6Kalkaska County, MI | 76 | 20 | 25.7 | $1.3M | +4.3% | #210 of 2,405 |
| 7Newaygo County, MI | 76 | 52 | 26.5 | $1.3M | +3.1% | #212 of 2,405 |
| 8Lapeer County, MI | 76 | 106 | 30.4 | $1.3M | +1.0% | #213 of 2,405 |
| 9Midland County, MI | 75 | 128 | 36.6 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #236 of 2,405 |
| 10Montcalm County, MI | 74 | 70 | 28.6 | $1.2M | +4.1% | #259 of 2,405 |
| 50Presque Isle County, MI | 48 | 23 | 34.6 | $977K | +1.0% | #1,254 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Presque Isle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops63
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Presque Isle County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 sit-down restaurants in Presque Isle County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Presque Isle County, MI spend on food away from home?
About $22.5M a year, or $3,377 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $977K 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 6,655 households in Presque Isle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Presque Isle County, MI compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Presque Isle County has 34.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $977K, 47% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Presque Isle County would have about 34, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 416 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Presque Isle County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Presque Isle County at 13,128 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,655 households. Median household income in Presque Isle County is $59,321, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Presque Isle County scores 48 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,254 of 2,405 scored counties.
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