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Restaurants and cafes in Park County, WY
The restaurants and cafes in Park County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,633 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 168
- 37 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49.2M
- On food away from home · $3,694 a household
- Spending per listing
- $293K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 126.0
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,171
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Park County comes to about $49.2M a year: $3,694 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 168 restaurants and cafes, that is $293K per restaurant, 21% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Park County has 168 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 126.0 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Park County was 61 in 2023, up 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Park County.
Population estimates put the population change in Park County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Park County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,633 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Park 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 | Park County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 126.0 | 111.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $293K | $343K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 219 | 219 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.4% | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,694 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,035 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59 → 61+3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 791
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16837 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 133The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Park 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 Park County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,171+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,330
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 6,939 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $73,035+14.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,041
- Median home value
- $400,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,969
- Daytime population
- 30,223Residents 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 |
Other business types in Park County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes40
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Park County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 168 restaurants and cafes in Park County. 37 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 3.4% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Park County, WY spend on food away from home?
About $49.2M a year, or $3,694 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 168 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $293K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,330 households in Park County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Park County, WY compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Park County has 126.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $293K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Park County would have about 133, against 168 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Park County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Park County at 31,171 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,330 households. Median household income in Park County is $73,035, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.9%, 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. Park County scores 40 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,633 of 2,405 scored counties.
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