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Towns with Potential

Name State RGI Value Rank Population Per Capita Income Restaurant Sales per Capita Restaurant Sales as Percentage of Per Capita Income Number of Establishments Sales per Locationsort icon Persons Per Establishment
Mitchell SD 191 53 23,246 $22,618.84 $2,129.40 9.41% 63 $785,714.29 369
Manhattan KS 143 193 133,966 $21,670.29 $1,524.27 7.03% 260 $785,384.62 515
Charleston-Mattoon IL 181 70 65,092 $21,488.82 $1,917.29 8.92% 159 $784,905.66 409
Monroe LA 153 146 179,042 $21,770.53 $1,639.28 7.53% 374 $784,759.36 479
St. Cloud MN 149 160 191,036 $23,257.03 $1,715.38 7.38% 418 $783,971.29 457
Knoxville TN 156 128 711,936 $23,324.51 $1,795.67 7.70% 1,634 $782,374.54 436
Fairmont MN 135 230 20,498 $25,709.70 $1,717.24 6.68% 45 $782,222.22 456
Johnson City TN 140 203 201,051 $22,933.20 $1,594.62 6.95% 410 $781,951.22 490
Elmira NY 151 150 88,809 $24,708.00 $1,847.79 7.48% 210 $781,428.57 423
Ruston LA 123 314 63,360 $20,149.70 $1,232.64 6.12% 100 $781,000.00 634
San Antonio-New Braunfels TX 139 211 2,256,780 $24,133.61 $1,665.56 6.90% 4,813 $780,968.21 469
Tuscaloosa AL 131 260 223,939 $22,873.48 $1,481.65 6.48% 425 $780,705.88 527
Huntsville TX 176 79 68,326 $15,541.27 $1,359.66 8.75% 119 $780,672.27 574
Wilson NC 155 131 81,673 $18,576.64 $1,432.54 7.71% 150 $780,000.00 544
Springfield OH 148 168 136,857 $19,767.71 $1,453.34 7.35% 255 $780,000.00 537
Portales NM 116 377 21,159 $18,462.47 $1,068.10 5.79% 29 $779,310.34 730
Honolulu HI 131 255 975,634 $29,677.00 $1,931.15 6.51% 2,418 $779,197.68 403
Shelbyville TN 122 332 46,028 $17,352.05 $1,049.36 6.05% 62 $779,032.26 742
Columbia MO 162 117 179,404 $23,788.98 $1,913.00 8.04% 441 $778,231.29 407
Wichita KS 149 157 628,196 $22,562.97 $1,680.05 7.45% 1,358 $777,172.31 463
Fort Collins-Loveland CO 131 256 312,458 $29,372.03 $1,916.74 6.53% 771 $776,783.40 405
Huntsville AL 104 474 434,703 $30,087.69 $1,559.00 5.18% 873 $776,288.66 498
Columbia SC 138 217 788,170 $23,102.48 $1,590.52 6.88% 1,616 $775,742.57 488
Richmond VA 108 450 1,284,147 $29,282.88 $1,573.26 5.37% 2,606 $775,249.42 493
Madison WI 125 301 585,652 $31,132.96 $1,945.01 6.25% 1,470 $774,897.96 398
Dover DE 123 319 167,786 $24,131.11 $1,482.25 6.14% 321 $774,766.36 523
Billings MT 151 151 162,477 $25,518.78 $1,921.50 7.53% 403 $774,689.83 403
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX 140 201 392,511 $21,483.00 $1,509.00 7.02% 765 $774,248.37 513
Decatur IN 153 145 34,334 $17,124.86 $1,307.74 7.64% 58 $774,137.93 592
Gainesville FL 142 195 268,547 $24,493.55 $1,740.48 7.11% 604 $773,841.06 445
Akron OH 132 246 699,049 $25,403.72 $1,678.57 6.61% 1,517 $773,500.33 461
Statesboro GA 212 38 76,041 $15,260.22 $1,625.44 10.65% 160 $772,500.00 475
Tallahassee FL 149 159 376,058 $22,313.75 $1,673.41 7.50% 816 $771,200.98 461
La Crosse WI-MN 159 121 135,410 $25,010.14 $1,993.21 7.97% 350 $771,142.86 387
Cape Girardeau-Jackson MO-IL 144 186 97,881 $22,330.25 $1,614.21 7.23% 205 $770,731.71 477
Laredo TX 181 69 263,805 $14,201.03 $1,292.62 9.10% 443 $769,751.69 595
Easton MD 127 285 38,299 $38,151.06 $2,449.15 6.42% 122 $768,852.46 314
Hays KS 167 100 29,080 $24,151.82 $2,035.76 8.43% 77 $768,831.17 378
Oklahoma City OK 135 232 1,306,816 $24,609.60 $1,668.79 6.78% 2,837 $768,699.33 461
Tyler TX 125 300 217,677 $24,103.17 $1,521.52 6.31% 431 $768,445.48 505
El Paso TX 152 148 844,564 $16,934.24 $1,294.63 7.65% 1,424 $767,837.08 593
Des Moines-West Des Moines IA 123 321 592,732 $28,617.74 $1,772.98 6.20% 1,369 $767,640.61 433
Cleveland TN 146 175 118,037 $18,005.29 $1,331.79 7.40% 205 $766,829.27 576
Selinsgrove PA 153 142 39,942 $20,554.49 $1,592.31 7.75% 83 $766,265.06 481
Jonesboro AR 146 179 124,934 $20,797.96 $1,532.01 7.37% 250 $765,600.00 500
Flint MI 174 84 417,447 $17,303.18 $1,525.46 8.82% 832 $765,384.62 502
Fond du Lac WI 150 155 102,565 $23,723.52 $1,802.76 7.60% 242 $764,049.59 424
Middlesborough KY 176 80 28,749 $15,695.07 $1,405.27 8.95% 53 $762,264.15 542
Lake Charles LA 134 233 202,213 $22,584.74 $1,541.44 6.83% 409 $762,102.69 494
Durham-Chapel Hill NC 109 442 523,078 $28,433.19 $1,569.36 5.52% 1,078 $761,502.78 485
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.