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Restaurants and cafes in Trinity County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Trinity County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,871 of 2,405 scored counties
#40 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 55
- 7 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- −13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $18.1M
- On food away from home · $3,248 a household
- Spending per listing
- $330K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 98.5
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,720
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Trinity County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,871 of 2,405 scored counties and #40 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Trinity County comes to about $18.1M a year: $3,248 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $330K per restaurant, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 55 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Trinity County as of September 2026. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 98.5 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Trinity County was 19 in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 294 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show Trinity County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Trinity County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Trinity County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 98.5 | 128.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $330K | $355K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 294 | 170 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.6% | +3.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,248 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,002 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 19−13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 557 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Trinity 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 Trinity County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,720−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,585
- Median age
- 51.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,179 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $53,002+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,682
- Median home value
- $325,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,503
- Daytime population
- 15,056Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 86 | 179 | 62.5 | $606K | +8.2% | #52 of 2,405 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 70 | 209 | 101.6 | $482K | +8.6% | #405 of 2,405 |
| 3Contra Costa County, CA | 64 | 3,869 | 93.4 | $555K | +0.3% | #585 of 2,405 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 62 | 2,489 | 101.5 | $423K | +5.5% | #685 of 2,405 |
| 5Merced County, CA | 60 | 729 | 84.7 | $418K | +5.1% | #766 of 2,405 |
| 6Placer County, CA | 60 | 1,914 | 121.2 | $405K | +8.9% | #769 of 2,405 |
| 7Solano County, CA | 59 | 1,544 | 98.0 | $460K | +0.6% | #791 of 2,405 |
| 8Riverside County, CA | 59 | 7,943 | 102.4 | $422K | +5.0% | #802 of 2,405 |
| 9Madera County, CA | 58 | 450 | 99.2 | $387K | +7.4% | #849 of 2,405 |
| 10Lassen County, CA | 56 | 67 | 72.5 | $483K | −13.1% | #903 of 2,405 |
| 40Trinity County, CA | 34 | 55 | 98.5 | $330K | −2.3% | #1,871 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Trinity County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes11
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Trinity County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 55 restaurants and cafes in Trinity County. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Trinity County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $18.1M a year, or $3,248 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $330K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,585 households in Trinity County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Trinity County, CA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Trinity County has 98.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $330K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Trinity County would have about 49, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 294 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Trinity County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Trinity County at 15,720 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,585 households. Median household income in Trinity County is $53,002, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Trinity County scores 34 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,871 of 2,405 scored counties.
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