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Sit-down restaurants in Orange County, VT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Orange County, VT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #104 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 35
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.2M
- On food away from home · $3,941 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.5
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,002
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Orange County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #104 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 sit-down restaurants in Orange County. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 27.5 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,941 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $50.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.4M per restaurant, 2.2 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Orange County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 796 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $113K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Orange County. Population estimates show Orange County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Orange County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Orange County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.5 | 54.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $739K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 796 | 460 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,941 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,232 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 177
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 353 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $113K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,002+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,742
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $82,232+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,249
- Median home value
- $271,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,731
- Daytime population
- 24,637Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Orange County marked.
Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 81 | 35 | 27.5 | $1.4M | +2.4% | #104 of 2,405 |
| 2Franklin County, VT | 76 | 67 | 33.6 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #218 of 2,405 |
| 3Addison County, VT | 74 | 51 | 34.1 | $1.2M | +1.8% | #260 of 2,405 |
| 4Caledonia County, VT | 57 | 54 | 41.2 | $887K | +0.8% | #851 of 2,405 |
| 5Orleans County, VT | 53 | 51 | 42.2 | $862K | +0.7% | #1,025 of 2,405 |
| 6Chittenden County, VT | 50 | 425 | 59.5 | $740K | +0.4% | #1,167 of 2,405 |
| 7Washington County, VT | 49 | 139 | 53.8 | $750K | −0.2% | #1,219 of 2,405 |
| 8Windsor County, VT | 43 | 139 | 55.0 | $730K | −0.7% | #1,485 of 2,405 |
| 9Bennington County, VT | 28 | 99 | 66.1 | $584K | −1.8% | #2,108 of 2,405 |
| 10Lamoille County, VT | 28 | 101 | 84.7 | $462K | +1.4% | #2,133 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Orange County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes83
- Sit-down restaurants81
- Fast food and sandwich shops86
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes77
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Orange County, VT?
There are 35 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Orange County as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Orange County, VT spend on food away from home?
About $50.2M a year, or $3,941 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 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 12,742 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, VT compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Orange County has 27.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.4M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Orange County would have about 76, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 796 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 30,002 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,742 households. The median household income in Orange County is $82,232 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.0% 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. Orange County scores 81 for sit-down restaurants (high), #104 of 2,405 scored counties.
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