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Restaurants and cafes in Pawnee County, OK
The restaurants and cafes in Pawnee County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #798 of 2,405 scored counties
#11 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 45
- 15 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On food away from home · $3,273 a household
- Spending per listing
- $444K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 73.7
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,029
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 restaurants and cafes in Pawnee County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 33%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 73.7 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Pawnee County spend about $20M a year on food away from home, or $3,273 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $444K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Pawnee County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 291 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $213K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Pawnee County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pawnee County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Pawnee County is 59 (upper middle), #798 of 2,405 scored counties and #11 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Pawnee 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 | Pawnee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 73.7 | 107.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $444K | $327K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 291 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,273 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 342
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4515 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $213K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Pawnee 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 Pawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,029+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,108
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,738+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,199
- Median home value
- $131,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,630
- Daytime population
- 12,439Residents 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 |
| 11Pawnee County, OK | 59 | 45 | 73.7 | $444K | +3.1% | #798 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Pawnee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Pawnee County, OK?
Pawnee County has 45 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pawnee County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $20M a year, or $3,273 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $444K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,108 households in Pawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pawnee County, OK compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Pawnee County has 73.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $444K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Pawnee County would have about 54, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 291 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Pawnee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Pawnee County at 16,029 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,108 households. The median household income in Pawnee County is $58,738 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Pawnee County scores 59 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #798 of 2,405 scored counties.
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