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Restaurants and cafes in Morgan County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Morgan County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #979 of 2,405 scored counties
#12 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 100
- 29 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- −14.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $385K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 90.3
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,306
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 100 restaurants and cafes in Morgan County. 29 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 90.3 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Morgan County comes to about $38.5M a year: $3,480 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $385K per restaurant, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morgan County in 2023, down 14.6% from 2019. That is one for every 270 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $371K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morgan County.
Population estimates put the population change in Morgan County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Morgan County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #979 of 2,405 scored counties and #12 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Morgan County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Morgan County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 90.3 | 113.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $385K | $391K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 270 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.6% | +5.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,480 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,278 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48 → 41−14.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 619
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10029 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $371K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,306+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,069
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,281 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $73,278+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,230
- Median home value
- $338,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,665
- Daytime population
- 25,925Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 97 | 49 | 49.0 | $1.1M | +16.5% | #2 of 2,405 |
| 2Park County, CO | 89 | 69 | 76.8 | $578K | +5.1% | #33 of 2,405 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 84 | 984 | 79.2 | $546K | +14.2% | #76 of 2,405 |
| 4Douglas County, CO | 83 | 1,125 | 80.4 | $698K | +10.9% | #82 of 2,405 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 74 | 270 | 85.0 | $602K | +6.3% | #257 of 2,405 |
| 6Adams County, CO | 74 | 1,691 | 89.6 | $483K | +6.6% | #272 of 2,405 |
| 7Arapahoe County, CO | 62 | 2,493 | 96.9 | $472K | +2.8% | #671 of 2,405 |
| 8Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 2,240 | 92.7 | $516K | −0.5% | #707 of 2,405 |
| 9El Paso County, CO | 61 | 2,957 | 101.9 | $418K | +3.2% | #723 of 2,405 |
| 10Mesa County, CO | 59 | 630 | 95.7 | $391K | +4.4% | #811 of 2,405 |
| 12Morgan County, CO | 55 | 100 | 90.3 | $385K | +4.2% | #979 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Morgan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops66
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops68
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Morgan County, CO?
There are 100 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. 29 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 14.6% from 2019. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Morgan County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,480 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $385K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,069 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, CO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Morgan County has 90.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $385K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Morgan County would have about 104, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 270 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Morgan County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 30,306 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,069 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $73,278 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. Morgan County scores 55 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #979 of 2,405 scored counties.
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