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Restaurants and cafes in Millard County, UT

How Millard 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,717 of 2,405 scored counties
#18 of 21 scored counties in Utah

Listings
52
22 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
21
+5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$15.4M
On food away from home · $3,545 a household
Spending per listing
$297K
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
119.3
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,057
+7.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Millard County comes to about $15.4M a year: $3,545 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $297K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Millard County as of September 2026. Of those, 22 are chain locations, or 42%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 119.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Millard County in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 207 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Millard County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Millard County is 38 (lower middle), #1,717 of 2,405 scored counties and #18 of 21 scored counties in Utah.

How Millard 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Millard County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureMillard CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households119.3103.7109.8
Spending per listing$297K$418K$371K
Households per official establishment207205209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.0%+13.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,545$4,339$4,070
Median household income$73,639$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score3873

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 21+5.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
253
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5222 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
42The 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 Millard 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 Millard County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,057+7.7% since 2020
Households
4,357
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.7
Land area
6,786 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$73,639+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,122
Median home value
$284,700
Jobs located here
5,127
Daytime population
12,471Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morgan County, UT971642.3$1.2M+8.1%#1 of 2,405
2Tooele County, UT8817673.6$609K+19.2%#37 of 2,405
3Box Elder County, UT7913971.1$554K+12.7%#152 of 2,405
4Davis County, UT7792079.4$591K+4.8%#193 of 2,405
5Cache County, UT7335880.6$490K+8.5%#317 of 2,405
6Wasatch County, UT73140108.7$459K+9.9%#322 of 2,405
7Emery County, UT702984.0$435K+3.4%#413 of 2,405
8Weber County, UT6984189.3$463K+5.8%#434 of 2,405
9Utah County, UT691,98597.8$459K+14.5%#437 of 2,405
10Duchesne County, UT686594.5$407K+6.3%#464 of 2,405
18Millard County, UT3852119.3$297K+7.7%#1,717 of 2,405

Other business types in Millard County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Millard County, UT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 52 restaurants and cafes in Millard County. 22 of them (42%) 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, up 5.0% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Millard County, UT spend on food away from home?

About $15.4M a year, or $3,545 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $297K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,357 households in Millard County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Millard County, UT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Millard County has 119.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $297K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Millard County would have about 42, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 207 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 Millard County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Millard County at 14,057 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,357 households. Median household income in Millard County is $73,639, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Millard County scores 38 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,717 of 2,405 scored counties.

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