Food and drink · County · Virginia
Sit-down restaurants in Staunton city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Staunton city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,207 of 2,405 scored counties
#101 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 87
- 31 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- +9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,403 a household
- Spending per listing
- $442K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 76.9
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,801
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Staunton city scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #2,207 of 2,405 scored counties and #101 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Staunton city comes to about $38.5M a year: $3,403 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $442K per restaurant, 33% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 87 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Staunton city as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 76.9 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Staunton city was 34 in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 333 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Staunton city. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Staunton city grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Staunton city 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 | Staunton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 76.9 | 57.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $442K | $765K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 333 | 470 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.7% | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,403 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,581 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 34+9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 665
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8731 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Staunton city, 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 Staunton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,801+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,309
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 20 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,303
- Median household income
- $65,581+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,942
- Median home value
- $259,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,910
- Daytime population
- 25,488Residents 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 Staunton city 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 |
| 101Staunton city, VA | 25 | 87 | 76.9 | $442K | +3.8% | #2,207 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Staunton city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops32
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes28
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Staunton city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 87 sit-down restaurants in Staunton city. 31 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Staunton city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,403 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $442K 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 11,309 households in Staunton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Staunton city, VA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Staunton city has 76.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $442K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Staunton city would have about 58, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 333 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Staunton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Staunton city at 26,801 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,309 households. Median household income in Staunton city is $65,581, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Staunton city scores 25 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #2,207 of 2,405 scored counties.
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