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Restaurants and cafes in Johnson County, WY

How Johnson County, WY compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
58
18 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
19
−17.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On food away from home · $3,665 a household
Spending per listing
$248K
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
147.5
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,908
+5.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 58 restaurants and cafes in Johnson County. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 147.5 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Johnson County comes to about $14.4M a year: $3,665 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $248K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Johnson County in 2023, down 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 207 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Johnson County grew 5.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Johnson 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Johnson County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households147.5111.1109.8
Spending per listing$248K$343K$371K
Households per official establishment207219209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−17.4%+3.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,665$3,811$4,070
Median household income$64,871$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 19−17.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
206
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5818 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,908+5.2% since 2020
Households
3,932
Median age
48.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,154 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$64,871
Average household income
$90,983
Median home value
$326,800
Jobs located here
3,376
Daytime population
7,974Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Johnson County marked.

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie County, WY6536584.3$458K+2.2%#566 of 2,405
2Converse County, WY585595.3$404K+0.6%#840 of 2,405
3Campbell County, WY55182101.2$407K+2.1%#965 of 2,405
4Lincoln County, WY5395114.1$361K+7.8%#1,070 of 2,405
5Goshen County, WY514178.8$418K+1.0%#1,133 of 2,405
6Albany County, WY4716697.2$359K+3.9%#1,322 of 2,405
7Big Horn County, WY4453118.8$282K+4.7%#1,475 of 2,405
8Natrona County, WY43342100.9$371K+0.3%#1,492 of 2,405
9Uinta County, WY4189115.3$331K+1.3%#1,583 of 2,405
10Park County, WY40168126.0$293K+5.1%#1,633 of 2,405
Johnson County, WYNot scored58147.5$248K+5.2%

Other business types in Johnson County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Johnson County, WY?

Johnson County has 58 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 17.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Johnson County, WY spend on food away from home?

About $14.4M a year, or $3,665 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $248K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,932 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnson County, WY compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Johnson County has 147.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $248K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Johnson County would have about 39, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 207 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 8,908 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,932 households. The median household income in Johnson County is $64,871 a year, 20% 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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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Johnson County

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