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Restaurants and cafes in Tooele County, UT

The restaurants and cafes in Tooele County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #37 of 2,405 scored counties
#2 of 21 scored counties in Utah

Listings
176
94 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
82
+32.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$107.2M
On food away from home · $4,481 a household
Spending per listing
$609K
64% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
73.6
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,461
+19.2% since 2020

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What this means

Tooele County scores 88 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #37 of 2,405 scored counties and #2 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.

Households in Tooele County spend about $107.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,481 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $609K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 64% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 176 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Tooele County as of September 2026. 94 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 73.6 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tooele County was 82 in 2023, up 32.3% from 2019. That is one for every 292 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tooele County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tooele County grew 19.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tooele 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 Tooele County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureTooele CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households73.6103.7109.8
Spending per listing$609K$418K$371K
Households per official establishment292205209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+32.3%+13.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+19.2%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,481$4,339$4,070
Median household income$106,587$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score8873

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 82+32.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,660
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
17694 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
289The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$3.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tooele 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 Tooele County

Population, 2025 estimate
87,461+19.2% since 2020
Households
23,925
Median age
32.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
7,040 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$106,587+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,358
Median home value
$431,600
Jobs located here
18,741
Daytime population
54,672Residents 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

Other business types in Tooele County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 176 restaurants and cafes in Tooele County. 94 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 32.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $107.2M a year, or $4,481 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 176 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $609K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,925 households in Tooele County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tooele County has 73.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $609K, 64% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Tooele County would have about 289, against 176 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 292 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Tooele County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Tooele County at 87,461 people in 2025, up 19.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,925 households. Median household income in Tooele County is $106,587, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.0%, 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. Tooele County scores 88 for restaurants and cafes (high), #37 of 2,405 scored counties.

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