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Restaurants and cafes in Hot Springs County, WY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Hot Springs County, WY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 31
- 6 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7M
- On food away from home · $3,267 a household
- Spending per listing
- $225K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 144.9
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,600
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 restaurants and cafes in Hot Springs County. 6 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 144.9 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Hot Springs County comes to about $7M a year: $3,267 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $225K per restaurant, 39% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Hot Springs County in 2023. That is one for every 195 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hot Springs County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hot Springs 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 | Hot Springs County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 144.9 | 111.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $225K | $343K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 195 | 219 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,267 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,250 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 166
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 316 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,600−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,140
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,004 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $61,250
- Average household income
- $73,511
- Median home value
- $227,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,991
- Daytime population
- 4,478Residents 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 |
| Hot Springs County, WY | Not scored | 31 | 144.9 | $225K | −0.4% |
Other business types in Hot Springs County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Hot Springs County, WY?
There are 31 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Hot Springs County as of September 2026. 6 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hot Springs County, WY spend on food away from home?
About $7M a year, or $3,267 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $225K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,140 households in Hot Springs County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hot Springs County, WY compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Hot Springs County has 144.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $225K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Hot Springs County would have about 19, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 195 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Hot Springs County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Hot Springs County at 4,600 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,140 households. The median household income in Hot Springs County is $61,250 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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