Food and drink · County · Oklahoma
Restaurants and cafes in Noble County, OK
How Noble County, OK compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,536 of 2,405 scored counties
#22 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 41
- 13 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On food away from home · $3,523 a household
- Spending per listing
- $356K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 98.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,899
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Noble County comes to about $14.6M a year: $3,523 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 restaurants and cafes, that is $356K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 41 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Noble County as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 32%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 98.9, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Noble County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 259 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Noble County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Noble County is 42 (lower middle), #1,536 of 2,405 scored counties and #22 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Noble 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 | Noble County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 98.9 | 107.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $356K | $327K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 259 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,523 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,365 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 215
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Noble 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 Noble County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,899−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,147
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 732 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $66,365+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,688
- Median home value
- $146,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,652
- Daytime population
- 10,718Residents 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 |
| 22Noble County, OK | 42 | 41 | 98.9 | $356K | −0.2% | #1,536 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Noble County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Noble County, OK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 41 restaurants and cafes in Noble County. 13 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Noble County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $14.6M a year, or $3,523 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $356K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,147 households in Noble County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Noble County, OK compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Noble County has 98.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $356K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Noble County would have about 39, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 259 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Noble County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Noble County at 10,899 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,147 households. Median household income in Noble County is $66,365, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Noble County scores 42 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,536 of 2,405 scored counties.
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