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Restaurants and cafes in Moniteau County, MO
The restaurants and cafes in Moniteau County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #717 of 2,405 scored counties
#26 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 43
- 14 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.7M
- On food away from home · $3,434 a household
- Spending per listing
- $458K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 75.1
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,428
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Moniteau County comes to about $19.7M a year: $3,434 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 43 restaurants and cafes, that is $458K per restaurant, 23% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Moniteau County has 43 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 33%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 75.1 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Moniteau County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 302 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Moniteau County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Moniteau County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #717 of 2,405 scored counties and #26 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.
How Moniteau 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 | Moniteau County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 75.1 | 98.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $458K | $385K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 302 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,434 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,715 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 236
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4314 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 Moniteau 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 Moniteau County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,428+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,729
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $65,715+13.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,840
- Median home value
- $181,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,967
- Daytime population
- 12,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 26Moniteau County, MO | 61 | 43 | 75.1 | $458K | +1.4% | #717 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Moniteau County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes61
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Moniteau County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 restaurants and cafes in Moniteau County. 14 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 19 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 Moniteau County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $19.7M a year, or $3,434 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $458K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,729 households in Moniteau County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Moniteau County, MO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Moniteau County has 75.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $458K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Moniteau County would have about 53, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 302 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Moniteau County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Moniteau County at 15,428 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,729 households. Median household income in Moniteau County is $65,715, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.3%, 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. Moniteau County scores 61 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #717 of 2,405 scored counties.
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