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Sit-down restaurants in Tunica County, MS
The sit-down restaurants in Tunica County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 49
- 11 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On food away from home · $2,838 a household
- Spending per listing
- $220K
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 128.9
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,819
- −9.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Tunica County spend about $10.8M a year on food away from home, or $2,838 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 sit-down restaurants, that is $220K per restaurant, 67% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Tunica County has 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 128.9 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Tunica County in 2023. That is one for every 380 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Tunica County declined 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Tunica 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 | Tunica County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 128.9 | 55.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $220K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 380 | 654 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,838 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $39,364 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 137
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4911 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Tunica 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 Tunica County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,819−9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 3,800
- Median age
- 35.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 40%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 454 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $39,364
- Average household income
- $57,859
- Median home value
- $175,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,492
- Daytime population
- 10,765Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Tunica 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 |
| Tunica County, MS | Not scored | 49 | 128.9 | $220K | −9.4% |
Other business types in Tunica County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Tunica County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 sit-down restaurants in Tunica County. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tunica County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $10.8M a year, or $2,838 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $220K 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 3,800 households in Tunica County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tunica County, MS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Tunica County has 128.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $220K, 67% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Tunica County would have about 16, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 380 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Tunica County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Tunica County at 8,819 people in 2025, down 9.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,800 households. Median household income in Tunica County is $39,364, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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