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Restaurants and cafes in Clinton County, MO
How Clinton County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #441 of 2,405 scored counties
#18 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 74
- 36 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.9M
- On food away from home · $3,708 a household
- Spending per listing
- $417K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 88.8
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,661
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Clinton County comes to about $30.9M a year: $3,708 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $417K per restaurant, 13% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Clinton County has 74 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 36 of them (49%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 88.8 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Clinton County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 490 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $11K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clinton County.
Population estimates put the population change in Clinton County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Clinton County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #441 of 2,405 scored counties and #18 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Clinton County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Clinton County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 88.8 | 98.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $417K | $385K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 490 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,708 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,627 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 226
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7436 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $11K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clinton 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 Clinton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,661+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,329
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 419 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $70,627+12.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,325
- Median home value
- $226,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,836
- Daytime population
- 15,051Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Clinton County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 93 | 122 | 53.5 | $759K | +11.4% | #10 of 2,405 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 89 | 90 | 65.0 | $617K | +9.2% | #32 of 2,405 |
| 3Christian County, MO | 84 | 237 | 67.4 | $594K | +8.3% | #72 of 2,405 |
| 4Andrew County, MO | 82 | 31 | 44.4 | $861K | +0.7% | #99 of 2,405 |
| 5Jefferson County, MO | 82 | 539 | 61.0 | $656K | +2.7% | #104 of 2,405 |
| 6Cass County, MO | 82 | 330 | 76.4 | $548K | +7.1% | #109 of 2,405 |
| 7Ray County, MO | 80 | 50 | 54.8 | $680K | +1.1% | #131 of 2,405 |
| 8Osage County, MO | 80 | 34 | 64.3 | $593K | +2.7% | #136 of 2,405 |
| 9Webster County, MO | 78 | 103 | 73.8 | $490K | +10.4% | #180 of 2,405 |
| 10Douglas County, MO | 76 | 22 | 47.3 | $647K | +6.4% | #216 of 2,405 |
| 18Clinton County, MO | 69 | 74 | 88.8 | $417K | +2.1% | #441 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clinton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants68
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Clinton County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 74 restaurants and cafes in Clinton County. 36 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clinton County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $30.9M a year, or $3,708 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $417K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,329 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clinton County, MO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Clinton County has 88.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $417K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Clinton County would have about 83, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 490 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Clinton County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Clinton County at 21,661 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,329 households. Median household income in Clinton County is $70,627, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.6%, 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. Clinton County scores 69 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #441 of 2,405 scored counties.
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