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Sit-down restaurants in Bath County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Bath County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On food away from home · $3,420 a household
- Spending per listing
- $389K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.8
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,076
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bath County spend about $6.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,420 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $389K per restaurant, 41% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 16 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Bath County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 87.8 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Bath County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 456 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Bath County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, 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 Bath County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Bath County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.8 | 57.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $389K | $765K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 456 | 470 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,420 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,184 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Bath 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 Bath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,076−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,822
- Median age
- 52.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 529 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $56,184
- Average household income
- $85,153
- Median home value
- $206,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,056
- Daytime population
- 4,156Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Bath County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fluvanna County, VA | 94 | 17 | 16.5 | $2.6M | +6.2% | #6 of 2,405 |
| 2King George County, VA | 94 | 33 | 32.6 | $1.5M | +10.5% | #7 of 2,405 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 91 | 30 | 25.0 | $1.6M | +11.3% | #15 of 2,405 |
| 4Stafford County, VA | 91 | 212 | 40.5 | $1.3M | +8.3% | #16 of 2,405 |
| 5Louisa County, VA | 90 | 47 | 30.2 | $1.3M | +13.6% | #22 of 2,405 |
| 6Goochland County, VA | 89 | 28 | 27.1 | $1.9M | +17.4% | #25 of 2,405 |
| 7Frederick County, VA | 88 | 134 | 37.9 | $1.2M | +8.8% | #42 of 2,405 |
| 8Dinwiddie County, VA | 87 | 19 | 17.8 | $2.1M | +3.6% | #45 of 2,405 |
| 9Madison County, VA | 87 | 12 | 21.9 | $1.8M | +2.7% | #46 of 2,405 |
| 10Powhatan County, VA | 87 | 31 | 27.4 | $1.7M | +7.0% | #47 of 2,405 |
| Bath County, VA | Not scored | 16 | 87.8 | $389K | −2.6% |
Other business types in Bath County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Bath County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 sit-down restaurants in Bath County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Bath County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $6.2M a year, or $3,420 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $389K 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 1,822 households in Bath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bath County, VA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Bath County has 87.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $389K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Bath County would have about 9, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 456 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Bath County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Bath County at 4,076 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,822 households. Median household income in Bath County is $56,184, 30% 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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