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Restaurants and cafes in Emery County, UT
How Emery County, UT 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #413 of 2,405 scored counties
#7 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 29
- 10 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On food away from home · $3,655 a household
- Spending per listing
- $435K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 84.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,177
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 restaurants and cafes in Emery County. 10 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 84.0, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Emery County spend about $12.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,655 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $435K per restaurant, 17% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Emery County in 2023. That is one for every 345 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Emery County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Emery County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #413 of 2,405 scored counties and #7 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Emery 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 | Emery County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 84.0 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $435K | $418K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 345 | 205 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,655 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,291 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Emery 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 Emery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,177+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 3,453
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 4,463 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $74,291+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,609
- Median home value
- $218,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,393
- Daytime population
- 9,887Residents 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 Emery County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes70
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Emery County, UT?
Emery County has 29 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Emery County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $12.6M a year, or $3,655 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $435K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,453 households in Emery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Emery County, UT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Emery County has 84.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $435K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Emery County would have about 34, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 345 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Emery County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Emery County at 10,177 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,453 households. The median household income in Emery County is $74,291 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.7% 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. 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. Emery County scores 70 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #413 of 2,405 scored counties.
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