Food and drink · County · Oklahoma
Restaurants and cafes in Hughes County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Hughes County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,272 of 2,405 scored counties
#51 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 42
- 18 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.8M
- On food away from home · $2,916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $280K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 104.1
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,455
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Hughes County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,272 of 2,405 scored counties and #51 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 restaurants and cafes in Hughes County. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 104.1 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $2,916 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Hughes County spend about $11.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 42 restaurants and cafes, that is $280K per restaurant, 24% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Hughes County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 224 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hughes County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hughes 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 | Hughes County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 104.1 | 107.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $280K | $327K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 224 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,916 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,581 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 158
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Hughes 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 Hughes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,455+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,034
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 805 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $51,581+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,816
- Median home value
- $102,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,956
- Daytime population
- 11,504Residents 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 |
| 51Hughes County, OK | 21 | 42 | 104.1 | $280K | +0.8% | #2,272 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Hughes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes21
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops26
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops14
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Hughes County, OK?
Hughes County has 42 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Hughes County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $11.8M a year, or $2,916 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $280K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,034 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hughes County, OK compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Hughes County has 104.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $280K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Hughes County would have about 32, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 224 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Hughes County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Hughes County at 13,455 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,034 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $51,581 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.0% 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. Hughes County scores 21 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,272 of 2,405 scored counties.
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