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Restaurants and cafes in Clallam County, WA
How Clallam County, WA 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,174 of 2,405 scored counties
#21 of 35 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 305
- 63 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 164
- +13.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $128.9M
- On food away from home · $3,678 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.0
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,202
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 305 restaurants and cafes in Clallam County. Of those, 63 are chain locations, or 21%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 87.0 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Clallam County comes to about $128.9M a year: $3,678 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $423K per restaurant, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clallam County was 164 in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 214 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clallam County.
Population estimates show Clallam County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Clallam County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,174 of 2,405 scored counties and #21 of 35 scored counties in Washington.
How Clallam County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Clallam County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.0 | 107.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $419K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 214 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.9% | +4.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,678 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,370 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 144 → 164+13.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,854
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $54.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30563 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 348The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clallam 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 Clallam County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,202+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,046
- Median age
- 51.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,739 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,370+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,407
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 69,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, WA | 82 | 33 | 68.5 | $533K | +9.7% | #111 of 2,405 |
| 2Pend Oreille County, WA | 81 | 39 | 65.6 | $551K | +7.1% | #122 of 2,405 |
| 3Douglas County, WA | 81 | 130 | 81.6 | $498K | +8.0% | #126 of 2,405 |
| 4Stevens County, WA | 80 | 127 | 65.6 | $553K | +6.6% | #139 of 2,405 |
| 5Mason County, WA | 80 | 191 | 73.4 | $545K | +7.8% | #140 of 2,405 |
| 6Clark County, WA | 77 | 1,669 | 85.1 | $518K | +5.3% | #205 of 2,405 |
| 7Skamania County, WA | 77 | 53 | 105.6 | $402K | +5.2% | #210 of 2,405 |
| 8Pierce County, WA | 69 | 3,055 | 87.0 | $512K | +2.5% | #424 of 2,405 |
| 9Snohomish County, WA | 69 | 2,970 | 93.9 | $512K | +4.9% | #425 of 2,405 |
| 10Asotin County, WA | 68 | 69 | 72.7 | $516K | +1.0% | #447 of 2,405 |
| 21Clallam County, WA | 50 | 305 | 87.0 | $423K | +1.1% | #1,174 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clallam County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops75
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops50
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Clallam County, WA?
Clallam County has 305 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 63 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 164 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clallam County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $128.9M a year, or $3,678 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 305 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $423K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,046 households in Clallam County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clallam County, WA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Clallam County has 87.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $423K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Clallam County would have about 348, against 305 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 214 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Clallam County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Clallam County at 78,202 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,046 households. The median household income in Clallam County is $70,370 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. Clallam County scores 50 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,174 of 2,405 scored counties.
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