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Sit-down restaurants in the Crossville, TN area

The sit-down restaurants in the Crossville, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #57 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
105
36 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
40
−4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$90.7M
On food away from home · $3,217 a household
Spending per listing
$864K
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.2
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,300
+8.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 105 sit-down restaurants in the Crossville area. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 37.2 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Households in the Crossville area spend about $90.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,217 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $864K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 30% above 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Crossville area was 40 in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 705 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $587K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Crossville area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Crossville area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Crossville area scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #57 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Crossville area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Crossville, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureCrossville areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.259.361.3
Spending per listing$864K$618K$664K
Households per official establishment705569500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.8%+4.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,217$3,670$4,070
Median household income$60,375$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7349

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40−4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
631
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10536 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
137The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$587K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Crossville 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 Crossville area

Population, 2025 estimate
66,300+8.0% since 2020
Households
28,195
Median age
51.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$60,375+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,464
Median home value
$250,500
Jobs located here
19,273
Daytime population
60,554Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Crossville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lewisburg, TN856144.8$812K+10.5%#8 of 538
2Athens, TN808933.6$997K+8.2%#18 of 538
3Fayetteville, TN775839.1$888K+4.3%#31 of 538
4Winchester, TN747442.4$804K+6.4%#51 of 538
5Crossville, TN7310537.2$864K+8.0%#57 of 538
6Lawrenceburg, TN706940.6$782K+6.2%#75 of 538
7Shelbyville, TN669247.2$740K+9.7%#105 of 538
8Greeneville, TN6411239.4$804K+5.0%#119 of 538
9McMinnville, TN597546.3$677K+6.5%#177 of 538
10Cookeville, TN5229950.9$633K+7.6%#250 of 538

Other business types in the Crossville area

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

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Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in the Crossville, TN area?

There are 105 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Crossville area as of September 2026. 36 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Crossville, TN area spend on food away from home?

About $90.7M a year, or $3,217 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 105 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $864K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,195 households in the Crossville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Crossville, TN area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

The Crossville area has 37.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $864K, 30% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Crossville area would have about 137, against 105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 705 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Crossville, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Crossville area at 66,300 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,195 households. The median household income in the Crossville area is $60,375 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Crossville area scores 73 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #57 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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