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Restaurants and cafes in Creek County, OK
The restaurants and cafes in Creek County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #375 of 2,405 scored counties
#7 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 199
- 80 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 81
- +5.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $96.5M
- On food away from home · $3,416 a household
- Spending per listing
- $485K
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.5
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,967
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Creek County spend about $96.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,416 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 199 restaurants and cafes, that is $485K per restaurant, 31% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 199 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Creek County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 70.5, 36% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Creek County was 81 in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. That is one for every 349 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $162K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Creek County.
Population estimates show Creek County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Creek County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #375 of 2,405 scored counties and #7 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Creek County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Creek County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.5 | 107.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $485K | $327K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 349 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.2% | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,416 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,338 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 81+5.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,415
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19980 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 260The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $162K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Creek 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 Creek County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,967+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 28,246
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $62,338+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,513
- Median home value
- $182,100
- Jobs located here
- 20,617
- Daytime population
- 58,543Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogers County, OK | 87 | 215 | 58.6 | $663K | +7.1% | #43 of 2,405 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 87 | 229 | 73.0 | $529K | +14.6% | #47 of 2,405 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 86 | 149 | 83.5 | $482K | +11.5% | #56 of 2,405 |
| 4Grady County, OK | 79 | 148 | 71.5 | $520K | +7.7% | #154 of 2,405 |
| 5Canadian County, OK | 79 | 470 | 80.7 | $501K | +20.4% | #155 of 2,405 |
| 6Washita County, OK | 71 | 20 | 48.4 | $683K | −0.2% | #357 of 2,405 |
| 7Creek County, OK | 71 | 199 | 70.5 | $485K | +4.4% | #375 of 2,405 |
| 8Osage County, OK | 71 | 125 | 71.9 | $485K | +2.2% | #376 of 2,405 |
| 9Lincoln County, OK | 65 | 104 | 79.1 | $425K | +5.3% | #574 of 2,405 |
| 10McClain County, OK | 61 | 167 | 101.7 | $390K | +18.4% | #733 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Creek County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants69
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza70
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Creek County, OK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 199 restaurants and cafes in Creek County. 80 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Creek County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $96.5M a year, or $3,416 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 199 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $485K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,246 households in Creek County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Creek County, OK compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Creek County has 70.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $485K, 31% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Creek County would have about 260, against 199 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 349 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Creek County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Creek County at 74,967 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,246 households. Median household income in Creek County is $62,338, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Creek County scores 71 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #375 of 2,405 scored counties.
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