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Sit-down restaurants in Perry County, MS
How Perry County, MS 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #794 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On food away from home · $2,931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,577
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 sit-down restaurants in Perry County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.5, 65% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Perry County spend about $13.6M a year on food away from home, or $2,931 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 2.1 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Perry County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Perry County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Perry County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #794 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Perry County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Perry County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 55.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 654 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,931 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,634 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 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 Perry 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 Perry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,577+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,647
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 647 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $49,634+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,655
- Median home value
- $124,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,993
- Daytime population
- 9,347Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Perry County?
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Perry County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tate County, MS | 70 | 40 | 36.3 | $941K | +2.1% | #377 of 2,405 |
| 2Greene County, MS | 64 | 8 | 19.5 | $1.6M | +1.3% | #546 of 2,405 |
| 3Amite County, MS | 63 | 6 | 10.3 | $2.6M | −1.7% | #592 of 2,405 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 63 | 17 | 32.1 | $967K | +0.4% | #609 of 2,405 |
| 5Leake County, MS | 61 | 26 | 35.1 | $846K | +1.9% | #707 of 2,405 |
| 6Itawamba County, MS | 59 | 33 | 34.3 | $952K | +1.3% | #768 of 2,405 |
| 7George County, MS | 59 | 42 | 45.2 | $747K | +8.1% | #785 of 2,405 |
| 8Rankin County, MS | 59 | 346 | 57.5 | $673K | +3.2% | #793 of 2,405 |
| 9Perry County, MS | 58 | 10 | 21.5 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #794 of 2,405 |
| 10Smith County, MS | 57 | 15 | 26.8 | $1.2M | −1.5% | #836 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Perry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Perry County, MS?
There are 10 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Perry County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Perry County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Perry County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $13.6M a year, or $2,931 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,647 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perry County, MS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Perry County has 21.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.4M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Perry County would have about 21, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Perry County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Perry County at 11,577 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,647 households. The median household income in Perry County is $49,634 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.9% 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. 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. Perry County scores 58 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #794 of 2,405 scored counties.
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