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Restaurants and cafes in Carbon County, UT
The restaurants and cafes in Carbon County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,728 of 2,405 scored counties
#19 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 71
- 27 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $26.2M
- On food away from home · $3,225 a household
- Spending per listing
- $369K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,680
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Carbon County comes to about $26.2M a year: $3,225 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 71 restaurants and cafes, that is $369K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K.
Carbon County has 71 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 87.4 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Carbon County in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 232 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Carbon County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carbon County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,728 of 2,405 scored counties and #19 of 21 scored counties in Utah.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Carbon County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.4 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $369K | $418K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 232 | 205 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.0% | +13.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,225 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,377 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 35+25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 645
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7127 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,680+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,123
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,548
- Median home value
- $228,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,904
- Daytime population
- 17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, UT | 97 | 16 | 42.3 | $1.2M | +8.1% | #1 of 2,405 |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 88 | 176 | 73.6 | $609K | +19.2% | #37 of 2,405 |
| 3Box Elder County, UT | 79 | 139 | 71.1 | $554K | +12.7% | #152 of 2,405 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 77 | 920 | 79.4 | $591K | +4.8% | #193 of 2,405 |
| 5Cache County, UT | 73 | 358 | 80.6 | $490K | +8.5% | #317 of 2,405 |
| 6Wasatch County, UT | 73 | 140 | 108.7 | $459K | +9.9% | #322 of 2,405 |
| 7Emery County, UT | 70 | 29 | 84.0 | $435K | +3.4% | #413 of 2,405 |
| 8Weber County, UT | 69 | 841 | 89.3 | $463K | +5.8% | #434 of 2,405 |
| 9Utah County, UT | 69 | 1,985 | 97.8 | $459K | +14.5% | #437 of 2,405 |
| 10Duchesne County, UT | 68 | 65 | 94.5 | $407K | +6.3% | #464 of 2,405 |
| 19Carbon County, UT | 37 | 71 | 87.4 | $369K | +1.0% | #1,728 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Carbon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops26
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes47
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Carbon County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 restaurants and cafes in Carbon County. 27 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $26.2M a year, or $3,225 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $369K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, UT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Carbon County has 87.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $369K, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 232 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Carbon County scores 37 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,728 of 2,405 scored counties.
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