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Restaurants and cafes in Rio Blanco County, CO
The restaurants and cafes in Rio Blanco County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 32
- 6 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On food away from home · $3,405 a household
- Spending per listing
- $298K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 114.1
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,683
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,405 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Rio Blanco County spend about $9.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $298K per restaurant, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 32 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Rio Blanco County as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 19%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 114.1 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rio Blanco County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 216 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rio Blanco County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rio Blanco County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Rio Blanco 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 | Rio Blanco County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 114.1 | 113.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $298K | $391K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 216 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,405 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,473 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 326 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,683+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 2,805
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 3,221 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $65,473
- Average household income
- $78,579
- Median home value
- $274,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,839
- Daytime population
- 6,499Residents 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 |
| Rio Blanco County, CO | Not scored | 32 | 114.1 | $298K | +2.5% |
Other business types in Rio Blanco County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Rio Blanco County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 restaurants and cafes in Rio Blanco County. 6 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Rio Blanco County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $9.6M a year, or $3,405 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $298K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,805 households in Rio Blanco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rio Blanco County, CO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Rio Blanco County has 114.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $298K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Rio Blanco County would have about 26, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 216 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Rio Blanco County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Rio Blanco County at 6,683 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,805 households. Median household income in Rio Blanco County is $65,473, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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