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Restaurants and cafes in Carbon County, WY
The restaurants and cafes in Carbon County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,327 of 2,405 scored counties
#15 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 89
- 16 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −17.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $22.7M
- On food away from home · $3,705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $255K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 145.5
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,013
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Carbon County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,327 of 2,405 scored counties and #15 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Carbon County spend about $22.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,705 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $255K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Carbon County has 89 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 145.5, 33% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in Carbon County classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 17.8% from 2019. That is one for every 165 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Carbon County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Carbon County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 145.5 | 111.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $255K | $343K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 165 | 219 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.8% | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,705 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,511 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 37−17.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 409
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8916 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,013−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,116
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 7,898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,259
- Median home value
- $222,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,074
- Daytime population
- 14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie County, WY | 65 | 365 | 84.3 | $458K | +2.2% | #566 of 2,405 |
| 2Converse County, WY | 58 | 55 | 95.3 | $404K | +0.6% | #840 of 2,405 |
| 3Campbell County, WY | 55 | 182 | 101.2 | $407K | +2.1% | #965 of 2,405 |
| 4Lincoln County, WY | 53 | 95 | 114.1 | $361K | +7.8% | #1,070 of 2,405 |
| 5Goshen County, WY | 51 | 41 | 78.8 | $418K | +1.0% | #1,133 of 2,405 |
| 6Albany County, WY | 47 | 166 | 97.2 | $359K | +3.9% | #1,322 of 2,405 |
| 7Big Horn County, WY | 44 | 53 | 118.8 | $282K | +4.7% | #1,475 of 2,405 |
| 8Natrona County, WY | 43 | 342 | 100.9 | $371K | +0.3% | #1,492 of 2,405 |
| 9Uinta County, WY | 41 | 89 | 115.3 | $331K | +1.3% | #1,583 of 2,405 |
| 10Park County, WY | 40 | 168 | 126.0 | $293K | +5.1% | #1,633 of 2,405 |
| 15Carbon County, WY | 18 | 89 | 145.5 | $255K | −3.4% | #2,327 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Carbon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants19
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes18
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Carbon County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 restaurants and cafes in Carbon County. 16 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 17.8% from 2019. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on food away from home?
About $22.7M a year, or $3,705 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $255K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, WY compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Carbon County has 145.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $255K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Carbon County would have about 61, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 165 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County scores 18 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,327 of 2,405 scored counties.
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