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Restaurants and cafes in Lyon County, NV
The restaurants and cafes in Lyon County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #75 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 167
- 65 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- +25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $91.3M
- On food away from home · $3,845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $547K
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.3
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,088
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Lyon County has a Groundwork market score of 84 (high): #75 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 167 restaurants and cafes in Lyon County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 70.3 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Lyon County comes to about $91.3M a year: $3,845 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $547K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 47% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lyon County in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 339 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $482K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lyon County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lyon County grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lyon 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.
| Measure | Lyon County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.3 | 130.3 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $547K | $302K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 339 | 194 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.0% | +15.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,845 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,812 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 56 → 70+25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 925
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16765 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 246The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $482K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,088+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,745
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,003 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $80,812+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,009
- Daytime population
- 46,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 84 | 167 | 70.3 | $547K | +9.5% | #75 of 2,405 |
| 2Nye County, NV | 66 | 193 | 87.0 | $395K | +10.3% | #526 of 2,405 |
| 3Washoe County, NV | 55 | 2,175 | 109.1 | $385K | +4.4% | #980 of 2,405 |
| 4Churchill County, NV | 51 | 91 | 95.6 | $396K | +1.1% | #1,142 of 2,405 |
| 5Douglas County, NV | 47 | 255 | 119.6 | $360K | +1.2% | #1,321 of 2,405 |
| 6Elko County, NV | 46 | 228 | 116.2 | $342K | +2.1% | #1,365 of 2,405 |
| 7Clark County, NV | 38 | 11,972 | 138.8 | $280K | +5.8% | #1,720 of 2,405 |
| 8Humboldt County, NV | 31 | 81 | 117.2 | $322K | 0.0% | #1,978 of 2,405 |
| 9Carson City, NV | 26 | 307 | 129.6 | $287K | −0.2% | #2,161 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Lyon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes84
- Sit-down restaurants85
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza76
- Coffee shops and cafes84
- Bakeries and dessert shops85
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lyon County, NV?
There are 167 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Lyon County as of September 2026. 65 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lyon County, NV spend on food away from home?
About $91.3M a year, or $3,845 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 167 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $547K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,745 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, NV compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lyon County has 70.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $547K, 47% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lyon County would have about 246, against 167 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 339 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 65,088 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,745 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $80,812 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% 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. Lyon County scores 84 for restaurants and cafes (high), #75 of 2,405 scored counties.
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