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Restaurants and cafes in Iroquois County, IL
The restaurants and cafes in Iroquois County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,402 of 2,405 scored counties
#33 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 112
- 35 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- +2.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.8M
- On food away from home · $3,568 a household
- Spending per listing
- $365K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 97.9
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,150
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,568 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Iroquois County spend about $40.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 112 restaurants and cafes, that is $365K per restaurant, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Iroquois County has 112 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 97.9, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Iroquois County was 37 in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 309 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Iroquois County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Iroquois County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,402 of 2,405 scored counties and #33 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Iroquois County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Iroquois County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 97.9 | 112.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $365K | $376K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 309 | 216 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.8% | +3.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,568 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,255 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 37+2.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 373
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11235 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The 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 Iroquois 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 Iroquois County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,150−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,443
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,117 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $66,255+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,073
- Median home value
- $137,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,989
- Daytime population
- 21,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 77 | 58 | 83.8 | $511K | +0.6% | #207 of 2,405 |
| 2Kendall County, IL | 75 | 389 | 85.7 | $563K | +9.9% | #239 of 2,405 |
| 3Boone County, IL | 75 | 151 | 77.6 | $538K | +0.4% | #244 of 2,405 |
| 4Woodford County, IL | 73 | 114 | 77.6 | $560K | −0.8% | #298 of 2,405 |
| 5Menard County, IL | 72 | 35 | 66.9 | $584K | −3.3% | #332 of 2,405 |
| 6McHenry County, IL | 67 | 1,081 | 91.9 | $513K | +2.5% | #476 of 2,405 |
| 7Moultrie County, IL | 65 | 49 | 84.2 | $442K | −0.8% | #571 of 2,405 |
| 8Will County, IL | 64 | 2,438 | 99.8 | $481K | +2.2% | #599 of 2,405 |
| 9Cumberland County, IL | 64 | 32 | 76.6 | $478K | −2.1% | #601 of 2,405 |
| 10Monroe County, IL | 62 | 133 | 96.0 | $483K | −0.3% | #666 of 2,405 |
| 33Iroquois County, IL | 45 | 112 | 97.9 | $365K | −3.0% | #1,402 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Iroquois County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops58
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Iroquois County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 112 restaurants and cafes in Iroquois County. 35 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Iroquois County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $40.8M a year, or $3,568 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 112 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $365K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,443 households in Iroquois County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Iroquois County, IL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Iroquois County has 97.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $365K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Iroquois County would have about 110, against 112 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 309 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Iroquois County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Iroquois County at 26,150 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,443 households. Median household income in Iroquois County is $66,255, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Iroquois County scores 45 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,402 of 2,405 scored counties.
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