Food and drink · County · West Virginia
Restaurants and cafes in Logan County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Logan County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,809 of 2,405 scored counties
#27 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 95
- 40 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.7M
- On food away from home · $3,036 a household
- Spending per listing
- $408K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 74.5
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,375
- −6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Logan County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,809 of 2,405 scored counties and #27 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,036 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Logan County spend about $38.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $408K per restaurant, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Logan County has 95 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 40 are chain locations, or 42%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 74.5 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Logan County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 250 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show Logan County declined 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Logan County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Logan County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 74.5 | 87.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $408K | $384K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 250 | 259 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,036 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,723 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51 → 510.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 895
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9540 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The 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 Logan 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 Logan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,375−6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,760
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $49,723+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,760
- Median home value
- $103,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,535
- Daytime population
- 32,905Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 83 | 365 | 71.5 | $538K | +13.7% | #94 of 2,405 |
| 2Hampshire County, WV | 78 | 43 | 49.8 | $681K | +4.4% | #167 of 2,405 |
| 3Morgan County, WV | 73 | 57 | 77.6 | $450K | +5.5% | #324 of 2,405 |
| 4Jefferson County, WV | 73 | 222 | 97.4 | $449K | +9.2% | #325 of 2,405 |
| 5Taylor County, WV | 66 | 32 | 48.5 | $689K | −2.4% | #501 of 2,405 |
| 6Putnam County, WV | 65 | 172 | 74.0 | $534K | −1.0% | #544 of 2,405 |
| 7Monroe County, WV | 64 | 21 | 45.5 | $673K | +0.8% | #584 of 2,405 |
| 8Wayne County, WV | 63 | 75 | 47.6 | $679K | −4.0% | #625 of 2,405 |
| 9Boone County, WV | 62 | 35 | 44.2 | $717K | −6.9% | #655 of 2,405 |
| 10Preston County, WV | 62 | 92 | 71.8 | $464K | −0.6% | #676 of 2,405 |
| 27Logan County, WV | 35 | 95 | 74.5 | $408K | −6.6% | #1,809 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Logan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza24
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Logan County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 95 restaurants and cafes in Logan County. 40 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Logan County, WV spend on food away from home?
About $38.7M a year, or $3,036 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $408K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,760 households in Logan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Logan County, WV compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Logan County has 74.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $408K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Logan County would have about 105, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 250 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Logan County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Logan County at 30,375 people in 2025, down 6.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,760 households. Median household income in Logan County is $49,723, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Logan County scores 35 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,809 of 2,405 scored counties.
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