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Restaurants and cafes in Huron County, OH
The restaurants and cafes in Huron County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,049 of 2,405 scored counties
#48 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 198
- 64 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 88
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.6M
- On food away from home · $3,558 a household
- Spending per listing
- $422K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 84.3
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,250
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Huron County spend about $83.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,558 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 198 restaurants and cafes, that is $422K per restaurant, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 198 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Huron County as of September 2026. 64 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 84.3 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 88 businesses with payroll in Huron County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 267 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $318K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Huron County.
Population estimates put the population change in Huron County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Huron County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,049 of 2,405 scored counties and #48 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Huron County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Huron County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 84.3 | 93.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $422K | $410K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 267 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +6.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,558 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,878 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 85 → 88+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,406
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19864 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 225The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $318K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Huron 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 Huron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,250−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 23,490
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $67,878+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,729
- Median home value
- $166,000
- Jobs located here
- 21,670
- Daytime population
- 52,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 92 | 178 | 73.5 | $655K | +16.5% | #17 of 2,405 |
| 2Morrow County, OH | 87 | 64 | 47.5 | $812K | +3.7% | #40 of 2,405 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 83 | 140 | 63.9 | $602K | +7.4% | #91 of 2,405 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 447 | 74.1 | $578K | +6.5% | #120 of 2,405 |
| 5Warren County, OH | 80 | 693 | 75.3 | $648K | +5.7% | #133 of 2,405 |
| 6Madison County, OH | 79 | 144 | 91.8 | $452K | +7.1% | #161 of 2,405 |
| 7Clermont County, OH | 77 | 624 | 73.5 | $568K | +3.9% | #196 of 2,405 |
| 8Brown County, OH | 75 | 114 | 66.5 | $545K | +1.6% | #241 of 2,405 |
| 9Holmes County, OH | 74 | 99 | 73.9 | $541K | +1.7% | #263 of 2,405 |
| 10Medina County, OH | 73 | 606 | 82.9 | $535K | +1.3% | #303 of 2,405 |
| 48Huron County, OH | 53 | 198 | 84.3 | $422K | −0.4% | #1,049 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Huron County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza31
- Coffee shops and cafes64
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Huron County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 198 restaurants and cafes in Huron County. 64 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Huron County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $83.6M a year, or $3,558 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 198 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $422K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,490 households in Huron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Huron County, OH compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Huron County has 84.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $422K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Huron County would have about 225, against 198 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 267 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Huron County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Huron County at 58,250 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,490 households. Median household income in Huron County is $67,878, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Huron County scores 53 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,049 of 2,405 scored counties.
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