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Restaurants and cafes in Woodford County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Woodford County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #298 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 114
- 35 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +17.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.8M
- On food away from home · $4,346 a household
- Spending per listing
- $560K
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 77.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,111
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 114 restaurants and cafes in Woodford County. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 77.6, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Woodford County comes to about $63.8M a year: $4,346 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $560K per restaurant, 51% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Woodford County was 48 in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 306 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Woodford County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Woodford County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #298 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Woodford 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 | Woodford County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 77.6 | 112.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $560K | $376K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 306 | 216 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.1% | +3.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,346 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,483 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41 → 48+17.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 591
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11435 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 172The 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 Woodford 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 Woodford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,111−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,685
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 528 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $91,483+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,925
- Median home value
- $197,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,396
- Daytime population
- 31,315Residents 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 |
Other business types in Woodford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes73
- Sit-down restaurants70
- Fast food and sandwich shops79
- Pizza57
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops58
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Woodford County, IL?
Woodford County has 114 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Woodford County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $63.8M a year, or $4,346 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $560K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,685 households in Woodford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Woodford County, IL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Woodford County has 77.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $560K, 51% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Woodford County would have about 172, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 306 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Woodford County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Woodford County at 38,111 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,685 households. The median household income in Woodford County is $91,483 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Woodford County scores 73 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #298 of 2,405 scored counties.
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