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Restaurants and cafes in Duchesne County, UT
The restaurants and cafes in Duchesne County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #464 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 65
- 20 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $26.5M
- On food away from home · $3,849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $407K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 94.5
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,856
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 restaurants and cafes in Duchesne County. 20 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 94.5, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Duchesne County spend about $26.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,849 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $407K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Duchesne County was 24 in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 287 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $180K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Duchesne County.
Population estimates put the population change in Duchesne County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Duchesne County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #464 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Duchesne 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 | Duchesne County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 94.5 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $407K | $418K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 287 | 205 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +13.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,849 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,445 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 24+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6520 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
- 1
- Amount
- $180K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Duchesne 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 Duchesne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,856+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,878
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 3,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $78,445+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,751
- Median home value
- $283,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,139
- Daytime population
- 20,186Residents 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 |
Other business types in Duchesne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes68
- Sit-down restaurants69
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Duchesne County, UT?
There are 65 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Duchesne County as of September 2026. 20 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Duchesne County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $26.5M a year, or $3,849 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $407K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,878 households in Duchesne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Duchesne County, UT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Duchesne County has 94.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $407K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Duchesne County would have about 71, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 287 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Duchesne County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Duchesne County at 20,856 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,878 households. The median household income in Duchesne County is $78,445 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Duchesne County scores 68 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #464 of 2,405 scored counties.
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