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Restaurants and cafes in Prowers County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Prowers County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,286 of 2,405 scored counties
#33 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 52
- 23 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.1M
- On food away from home · $3,185 a household
- Spending per listing
- $290K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 109.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,884
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Prowers County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,286 of 2,405 scored counties and #33 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Prowers County comes to about $15.1M a year: $3,185 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $290K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Prowers County as of September 2026. 23 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 109.9 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Prowers County in 2023. That is one for every 215 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $563K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Prowers County. Population estimates show Prowers County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Prowers 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 | Prowers County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 109.9 | 113.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $290K | $391K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 215 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,185 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,508 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 270
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5223 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $563K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Prowers 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 Prowers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,884−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,733
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $53,508+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,349
- Median home value
- $160,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,547
- Daytime population
- 11,144Residents 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 |
| 33Prowers County, CO | 20 | 52 | 109.9 | $290K | −1.1% | #2,286 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Prowers County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes20
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops12
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes13
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Prowers County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 restaurants and cafes in Prowers County. 23 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Prowers County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $15.1M a year, or $3,185 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $290K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,733 households in Prowers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prowers County, CO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Prowers County has 109.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $290K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Prowers County would have about 41, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 215 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Prowers County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Prowers County at 11,884 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,733 households. Median household income in Prowers County is $53,508, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. Prowers County scores 20 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,286 of 2,405 scored counties.
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