Food and drink · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Restaurants and cafes in the Stillwater, OK area
How the Stillwater, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #447 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 368
- 173 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 148
- +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $103.3M
- On food away from home · $3,167 a household
- Spending per listing
- $281K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 112.9
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,889
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Stillwater area is 32 (lower middle), #447 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 368 restaurants and cafes in the Stillwater area. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 112.9 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Stillwater area comes to about $103.3M a year: $3,167 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 368 restaurants and cafes, that is $281K per restaurant, 24% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Stillwater area was 148 in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 220 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Stillwater area. Population estimates put the population change in the Stillwater area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Stillwater area 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 | Stillwater area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 112.9 | 107.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $281K | $327K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 220 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,167 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,809 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 148+5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,112
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 368173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 279The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $4.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Stillwater area, 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 the Stillwater area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,889+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 32,609
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $49,809+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 35,589
- Daytime population
- 83,345Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Stillwater area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duncan, OK | 68 | 151 | 86.0 | $393K | +3.4% | #97 of 538 |
| 2Ada, OK | 57 | 133 | 87.9 | $383K | +1.2% | #190 of 538 |
| 3Bartlesville, OK | 57 | 206 | 98.3 | $352K | +2.7% | #192 of 538 |
| 4Shawnee, OK | 48 | 262 | 97.3 | $338K | +3.5% | #279 of 538 |
| 5Tahlequah, OK | 48 | 186 | 99.5 | $317K | +4.5% | #284 of 538 |
| 6Durant, OK | 47 | 222 | 120.7 | $268K | +10.9% | #301 of 538 |
| 7Miami, OK | 46 | 109 | 91.4 | $319K | +0.7% | #313 of 538 |
| 8Altus, OK | 35 | 114 | 116.6 | $292K | +0.1% | #416 of 538 |
| 9Stillwater, OK | 32 | 368 | 112.9 | $281K | +2.8% | #447 of 538 |
| 10Weatherford, OK | 31 | 151 | 99.5 | $335K | −0.7% | #451 of 538 |
Other business types in the Stillwater area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops29
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Stillwater, OK area?
The Stillwater area has 368 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 173 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 148 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Stillwater, OK area spend on food away from home?
About $103.3M a year, or $3,167 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 368 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $281K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,609 households in the Stillwater area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Stillwater, OK area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Stillwater area has 112.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $281K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Stillwater area would have about 279, against 368 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 220 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Stillwater, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Stillwater area at 83,889 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,609 households. The median household income in the Stillwater area is $49,809 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Stillwater area scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #447 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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