Food and drink · Small-town market · Nevada
Restaurants and cafes in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #236 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Nevada
- Listings
- 267
- 70 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- −2.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $93.7M
- On food away from home · $4,306 a household
- Spending per listing
- $351K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 122.7
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,154
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Gardnerville Ranchos area comes to about $93.7M a year: $4,306 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $351K per restaurant, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Gardnerville Ranchos area has 267 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 70 are chain locations, or 26%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 122.7 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 104 businesses with payroll in the Gardnerville Ranchos area classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 209 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Gardnerville Ranchos area.
Population estimates show the Gardnerville Ranchos area grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, the Gardnerville Ranchos area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #236 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Nevada.
How the Gardnerville Ranchos area 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.
| Measure | Gardnerville Ranchos area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 122.7 | 130.3 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $351K | $302K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 209 | 194 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.8% | +15.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,306 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,077 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 104−2.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,522
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26770 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 253The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Gardnerville Ranchos area, 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 the Gardnerville Ranchos area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,154+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 21,760
- Median age
- 53.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,449 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $91,077
- Average household income
- $136,528
- Median home value
- $614,900
- Jobs located here
- 19,756
- Daytime population
- 50,164Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pahrump, NV | 78 | 193 | 87.0 | $395K | +10.3% | #39 of 538 |
| 2Fallon, NV | 62 | 91 | 95.6 | $396K | +1.1% | #152 of 538 |
| 3Elko, NV | 55 | 234 | 115.6 | $342K | +2.1% | #218 of 538 |
| 4Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 53 | 267 | 122.7 | $351K | +0.9% | #236 of 538 |
| 5Winnemucca, NV | 39 | 81 | 117.2 | $322K | 0.0% | #384 of 538 |
Other business types in the Gardnerville Ranchos area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops66
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 267 restaurants and cafes in the Gardnerville Ranchos area. 70 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 2.8% from 2019. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area spend on food away from home?
About $93.7M a year, or $4,306 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 267 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $351K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,760 households in the Gardnerville Ranchos area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Gardnerville Ranchos area has 122.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $351K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Gardnerville Ranchos area would have about 253, against 267 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 209 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Gardnerville Ranchos area at 51,154 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,760 households. Median household income in the Gardnerville Ranchos area is $91,077, 13% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Gardnerville Ranchos area scores 53 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #236 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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