Food and drink · Small-town market · Tennessee
Sit-down restaurants in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area
How the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #352 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 148
- 51 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- +4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $84.4M
- On food away from home · $3,268 a household
- Spending per listing
- $571K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.3
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,339
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,268 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Tullahoma-Manchester area spend about $84.4M a year on food away from home. That works out to $571K per restaurant, 14% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 148 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Tullahoma-Manchester area as of September 2026. 51 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 57.3, 7% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 51 businesses with payroll in the Tullahoma-Manchester area classed as full-service restaurants, up 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 507 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $150K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Tullahoma-Manchester area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Tullahoma-Manchester area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Tullahoma-Manchester area is 42 (lower middle), #352 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Tullahoma-Manchester 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.
| Measure | Tullahoma-Manchester area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.3 | 59.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $571K | $618K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 507 | 569 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.1% | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,268 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,285 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51+4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 926
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14851 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 127The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Tullahoma-Manchester 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 Tullahoma-Manchester area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,339+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 25,836
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 558 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $62,285
- Average household income
- $77,589
- Median home value
- $251,500
- Jobs located here
- 28,313
- Daytime population
- 67,636Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Tullahoma-Manchester area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewisburg, TN | 85 | 61 | 44.8 | $812K | +10.5% | #8 of 538 |
| 2Athens, TN | 80 | 89 | 33.6 | $997K | +8.2% | #18 of 538 |
| 3Fayetteville, TN | 77 | 58 | 39.1 | $888K | +4.3% | #31 of 538 |
| 4Winchester, TN | 74 | 74 | 42.4 | $804K | +6.4% | #51 of 538 |
| 5Crossville, TN | 73 | 105 | 37.2 | $864K | +8.0% | #57 of 538 |
| 6Lawrenceburg, TN | 70 | 69 | 40.6 | $782K | +6.2% | #75 of 538 |
| 7Shelbyville, TN | 66 | 92 | 47.2 | $740K | +9.7% | #105 of 538 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 64 | 112 | 39.4 | $804K | +5.0% | #119 of 538 |
| 9McMinnville, TN | 59 | 75 | 46.3 | $677K | +6.5% | #177 of 538 |
| 10Cookeville, TN | 52 | 299 | 50.9 | $633K | +7.6% | #250 of 538 |
| 12Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 42 | 148 | 57.3 | $571K | +7.3% | #352 of 538 |
Other business types in the Tullahoma-Manchester area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes40
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 148 sit-down restaurants in the Tullahoma-Manchester area. 51 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area spend on food away from home?
About $84.4M a year, or $3,268 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 148 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $571K 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 25,836 households in the Tullahoma-Manchester area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Tullahoma-Manchester area has 57.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $571K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Tullahoma-Manchester area would have about 127, against 148 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 507 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Tullahoma-Manchester area at 69,339 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,836 households. Median household income in the Tullahoma-Manchester area is $62,285, 23% 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. 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 Tullahoma-Manchester area scores 42 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #352 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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