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Restaurants and cafes in Graham County, AZ
How Graham County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #541 of 2,405 scored counties
#2 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 82
- 31 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +30.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $44.4M
- On food away from home · $3,484 a household
- Spending per listing
- $542K
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.3
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,157
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 82 restaurants and cafes in Graham County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 64.3 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Graham County spend about $44.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,484 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 82 restaurants and cafes, that is $542K per restaurant, 46% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Graham County in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019. That is one for every 245 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Graham County.
Population estimates put the population change in Graham County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Graham County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #541 of 2,405 scored counties and #2 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Graham County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | Graham County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.3 | 95.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $542K | $415K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 245 | 239 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.0% | +11.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,484 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,325 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 52+30.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 979
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8231 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 120The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Graham 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 Graham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,157+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,746
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 4,622 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $67,325+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,219
- Median home value
- $212,000
- Jobs located here
- 9,824
- Daytime population
- 35,369Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Graham County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 92 | 831 | 51.3 | $753K | +25.4% | #13 of 2,405 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 65 | 82 | 64.3 | $542K | +4.0% | #541 of 2,405 |
| 3Pima County, AZ | 63 | 3,686 | 84.2 | $442K | +2.8% | #637 of 2,405 |
| 4Mohave County, AZ | 62 | 795 | 78.0 | $422K | +6.5% | #686 of 2,405 |
| 5Maricopa County, AZ | 61 | 17,834 | 103.0 | $411K | +5.5% | #725 of 2,405 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 61 | 680 | 85.7 | $391K | +9.2% | #731 of 2,405 |
| 7Apache County, AZ | 60 | 105 | 49.8 | $578K | −2.2% | #742 of 2,405 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 57 | 1,060 | 95.4 | $383K | +6.5% | #890 of 2,405 |
| 9Cochise County, AZ | 39 | 532 | 104.4 | $320K | +0.6% | #1,670 of 2,405 |
| 10Navajo County, AZ | 38 | 363 | 90.6 | $345K | +3.0% | #1,700 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Graham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants68
- Fast food and sandwich shops59
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes68
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Graham County, AZ?
Graham County has 82 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Graham County, AZ spend on food away from home?
About $44.4M a year, or $3,484 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $542K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,746 households in Graham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Graham County, AZ compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Graham County has 64.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $542K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Graham County would have about 120, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 245 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Graham County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Graham County at 40,157 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,746 households. The median household income in Graham County is $67,325 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.1% 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. Graham County scores 65 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #541 of 2,405 scored counties.
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