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Restaurants and cafes in Jefferson County, WA
How Jefferson 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 #1,202 of 2,405 scored counties
#22 of 35 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 177
- 18 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- −4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63M
- On food away from home · $3,856 a household
- Spending per listing
- $356K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 108.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,970
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Jefferson County comes to about $63M a year: $3,856 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $356K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Jefferson County has 177 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 108.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Jefferson County was 70 in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $202K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Jefferson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Jefferson County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,202 of 2,405 scored counties and #22 of 35 scored counties in Washington.
How Jefferson 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 | Jefferson County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 108.3 | 107.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $356K | $419K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 233 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.1% | +4.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,856 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,048 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 73 → 70−4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 694
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17718 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $202K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,970+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,340
- Median age
- 58.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,804 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $74,048+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,756
- Median home value
- $535,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,967
- Daytime population
- 30,032Residents 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 |
| 22Jefferson County, WA | 50 | 177 | 108.3 | $356K | +2.7% | #1,202 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Jefferson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops86
- Pizza85
- Coffee shops and cafes34
- Bakeries and dessert shops64
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Jefferson County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 177 restaurants and cafes in Jefferson County. 18 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Jefferson County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $63M a year, or $3,856 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 177 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $356K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,340 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, WA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Jefferson County has 108.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $356K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 170, against 177 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 33,970 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,340 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $74,048, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Jefferson County scores 50 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,202 of 2,405 scored counties.
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