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Towns with Potential

Name State RGI Value Rank Population Per Capita Incomesort icon Restaurant Sales per Capita Restaurant Sales as Percentage of Per Capita Income Number of Establishments Sales per Location Persons Per Establishment
Eagle Pass TX 125 298 56,753 $12,104.16 $960.30 7.93% 89 $612,359.55 638
Brownsville-Harlingen TX 154 139 423,411 $13,665.73 $1,230.25 9.00% 787 $661,880.56 538
Gaffney SC 184 60 55,752 $13,708.34 $1,382.91 10.09% 109 $707,339.45 511
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX 146 178 825,073 $13,774.38 $1,133.72 8.23% 1,365 $685,274.73 604
Gallup NM 167 103 76,237 $13,885.97 $1,246.11 8.97% 132 $719,696.97 578
Laredo TX 181 69 263,805 $14,201.03 $1,292.62 9.10% 443 $769,751.69 595
Newport TN 141 197 35,384 $14,607.87 $1,212.41 8.30% 65 $660,000.00 544
Laurinburg NC 391 8 35,489 $14,627.98 $1,885.09 12.89% 57 $1,173,684.21 623
Rexburg ID 118 361 51,223 $14,832.20 $1,085.45 7.32% 89 $624,719.10 576
Cedar City UT 131 259 47,414 $14,849.31 $1,187.41 8.00% 89 $632,584.27 533
Lumberton NC 103 486 137,072 $15,109.27 $915.58 6.06% 190 $660,526.32 721
Statesboro GA 212 38 76,041 $15,260.22 $1,625.44 10.65% 160 $772,500.00 475
East Liverpool-Salem OH 112 419 107,191 $15,295.38 $1,089.64 7.12% 192 $608,333.33 558
Cedartown GA 119 351 40,875 $15,358.96 $1,110.70 7.23% 71 $639,436.62 576
Huntsville TX 176 79 68,326 $15,541.27 $1,359.66 8.75% 119 $780,672.27 574
Lake City FL 128 281 67,960 $15,560.00 $1,205.12 7.74% 128 $639,843.75 531
Middlesborough KY 176 80 28,749 $15,695.07 $1,405.27 8.95% 53 $762,264.15 542
Milledgeville GA 145 184 52,186 $15,760.36 $1,370.10 8.69% 111 $644,144.14 470
Orangeburg SC 149 162 91,162 $15,886.72 $1,345.96 8.47% 180 $681,666.67 506
Richmond IN 229 29 68,280 $16,003.88 $1,873.17 11.70% 169 $756,804.73 404
Elkhart-Goshen IN 167 102 200,504 $16,102.27 $1,403.96 8.72% 380 $740,789.47 528
Salisbury NC 138 218 137,463 $16,114.05 $1,229.42 7.63% 242 $698,347.11 568
Sumter SC 165 107 107,419 $16,165.67 $1,367.54 8.46% 194 $757,216.49 554
Roswell NM 136 227 66,155 $16,206.82 $1,162.42 7.17% 105 $732,380.95 630
Mount Pleasant TX 120 344 32,894 $16,212.15 $1,173.47 7.24% 60 $643,333.33 548
Del Rio TX 113 414 49,355 $16,362.53 $1,152.87 7.05% 92 $618,478.26 536
Wabash IN 116 380 32,257 $16,613.53 $1,255.54 7.56% 68 $595,588.24 474
Dalton GA 113 409 143,286 $16,636.94 $1,132.70 6.81% 253 $641,501.98 566
Walterboro SC 134 238 38,257 $16,711.78 $1,249.44 7.48% 69 $692,753.62 554
Liberal KS 565 3 23,771 $16,714.80 $2,881.66 17.24% 54 $1,268,518.52 440
Henderson NC 151 149 45,150 $16,742.41 $1,333.33 7.96% 82 $734,146.34 551
Plymouth IN 158 122 47,028 $16,771.82 $1,471.46 8.77% 99 $698,989.90 475
Ashland OH 222 33 53,144 $16,886.57 $1,603.19 9.49% 94 $906,382.98 565
Jacksonville TX 116 382 51,472 $16,902.10 $1,058.83 6.26% 76 $717,105.26 677
El Paso TX 152 148 844,564 $16,934.24 $1,294.63 7.65% 1,424 $767,837.08 593
Twin Falls ID 121 334 101,941 $16,954.34 $1,284.08 7.57% 211 $620,379.15 483
Provo-Orem UT 125 299 557,412 $16,954.40 $1,038.55 6.13% 731 $791,928.86 763
Marion IN 162 116 69,438 $17,037.83 $1,455.98 8.55% 138 $732,608.70 503
Mount Pleasant MI 302 17 70,965 $17,093.53 $1,899.53 11.11% 128 $1,053,125.00 554
Greenwood SC 146 177 70,007 $17,095.08 $1,462.71 8.56% 155 $660,645.16 452
Decatur IN 153 145 34,334 $17,124.86 $1,307.74 7.64% 58 $774,137.93 592
Cordele GA 167 98 24,023 $17,171.98 $1,506.89 8.78% 49 $738,775.51 490
Yuma AZ 106 458 206,916 $17,285.75 $991.71 5.74% 288 $712,500.00 718
Gadsden AL 141 200 104,091 $17,302.26 $1,269.08 7.33% 178 $742,134.83 585
Flint MI 174 84 417,447 $17,303.18 $1,525.46 8.82% 832 $765,384.62 502
Shelbyville TN 122 332 46,028 $17,352.05 $1,049.36 6.05% 62 $779,032.26 742
Albany GA 146 180 158,352 $17,484.04 $1,391.20 7.96% 311 $708,360.13 509
Atchison KS 107 453 16,630 $17,485.12 $1,196.63 6.84% 33 $603,030.30 504
Athens OH 271 21 64,750 $17,510.97 $2,092.66 11.95% 154 $879,870.13 420
Valdosta GA 171 89 145,500 $17,549.31 $1,570.45 8.95% 308 $741,883.12 472
The Restaurant Growth Index is supplied by Nielsen and ranks U.S. metropolitan areas based on a formula to identify restaurant spending and gaps in spending per capita compared to a national average. The RGI score is calculated on an area's total restaurant sales and sales as a percent of per capita income, compared to the nation as a whole. The national average is 100. The higher the score over 100, the better the opportunities; scores below 100 indicate poorer opportunities. Markets are scored as a whole. Markets that score below 100 may still have strong pockets of opportunity within them.