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Sit-down restaurants in the Mansfield, OH metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Mansfield, OH metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #115 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
207
76 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
68
−5.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$168.5M
On food away from home · $3,362 a household
Spending per listing
$814K
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
41.3
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,893
−0.1% 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 the Mansfield metro area comes to about $168.5M a year: $3,362 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $814K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 23% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

The Mansfield metro area has 207 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 41.3, 33% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Mansfield metro area in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 737 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Mansfield metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mansfield metro area declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Mansfield metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #115 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Mansfield metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Mansfield, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMansfield metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households41.348.961.3
Spending per listing$814K$783K$664K
Households per official establishment737632500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.6%+0.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,362$3,829$4,070
Median household income$59,509$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5965

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
68−5.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,056
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20776 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
254The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Mansfield metro area, 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 the Mansfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,893−0.1% since 2020
Households
50,111
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
495 sq. mi.
People per square mile
253
Median household income
$59,509+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,578
Median home value
$164,800
Jobs located here
47,696
Daytime population
122,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mansfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH754,59053.1$786K+4.7%#28 of 387
2Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH711,57245.6$834K+1.5%#42 of 387
3Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN674,62651.0$803K+2.7%#66 of 387
4Springfield, OH6521939.1$895K−0.4%#76 of 387
5Akron, OH631,46049.2$782K0.0%#94 of 387
6Mansfield, OH5920741.3$814K−0.1%#115 of 387
7Canton-Massillon, OH5876946.0$787K−0.2%#123 of 387
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH5463942.0$799K−2.6%#150 of 387
8Cleveland, OH504,95853.2$724K−0.8%#188 of 387
9Lima, OH4919948.2$727K−1.2%#196 of 387

Other business types in the Mansfield metro area

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in the Mansfield, OH metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 207 sit-down restaurants in the Mansfield metro area. 76 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Mansfield, OH metro area spend on food away from home?

About $168.5M a year, or $3,362 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 207 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $814K 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 50,111 households in the Mansfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mansfield, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

The Mansfield metro area has 41.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $814K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Mansfield metro area would have about 254, against 207 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 737 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Mansfield, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Mansfield metro area at 124,893 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,111 households. Median household income in the Mansfield metro area is $59,509, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. The Mansfield metro area scores 59 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #115 of 387 scored metro areas.

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