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Restaurants and cafes in Esmeralda County, NV

The restaurants and cafes in Esmeralda County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

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Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.6M
On food away from home · $3,140 a household
Spending per listing
$263K
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
119.3
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
729
−0.8% since 2020

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What this means

Households in Esmeralda County spend about $1.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,140 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $263K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

Esmeralda County has 6 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 119.3 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for restaurants and other eating places in Esmeralda County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $36K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Esmeralda County.

Population estimates show Esmeralda County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Esmeralda County compares

The same measures for Nevada 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Esmeralda County, NV compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureEsmeralda CountyNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households119.3130.3109.8
Spending per listing$263K$302K$371K
Households per official establishmentn/a194209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,140$3,930$4,070
Median household income$41,715$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored32

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$36K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda County

Population, 2025 estimate
729−0.8% since 2020
Households
503
Median age
55.0
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,582 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$41,715
Average household income
$64,613
Median home value
$108,900
Jobs located here
350
Daytime population
1,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Nevada

Counties in Nevada ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lyon County, NV8416770.3$547K+9.5%#75 of 2,405
2Nye County, NV6619387.0$395K+10.3%#526 of 2,405
3Washoe County, NV552,175109.1$385K+4.4%#980 of 2,405
4Churchill County, NV519195.6$396K+1.1%#1,142 of 2,405
5Douglas County, NV47255119.6$360K+1.2%#1,321 of 2,405
6Elko County, NV46228116.2$342K+2.1%#1,365 of 2,405
7Clark County, NV3811,972138.8$280K+5.8%#1,720 of 2,405
8Humboldt County, NV3181117.2$322K0.0%#1,978 of 2,405
9Carson City, NV26307129.6$287K−0.2%#2,161 of 2,405
Esmeralda County, NVNot scored6119.3$263K−0.8%

Other business types in Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda County, NV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 restaurants and cafes in Esmeralda County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Esmeralda County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Esmeralda County, NV spend on food away from home?

About $1.6M a year, or $3,140 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $263K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 503 households in Esmeralda County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Esmeralda County, NV compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Esmeralda County has 119.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $263K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Esmeralda County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Esmeralda County, NV growing?

Population estimates put Esmeralda County at 729 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 503 households. Median household income in Esmeralda County is $41,715, 48% 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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