Food and drink · Small-town market · Wyoming
Restaurants and cafes in the Sheridan, WY area
How the Sheridan, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #326 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 167
- 49 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 69
- +1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On food away from home · $3,638 a household
- Spending per listing
- $302K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 120.6
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,241
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Sheridan area spend about $50.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,638 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $302K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Sheridan area has 167 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 120.6 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Sheridan area was 69 in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 201 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Sheridan area.
Population estimates show the Sheridan area grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Sheridan area is 45 (lower middle), #326 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.
How the Sheridan area 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 | Sheridan area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 120.6 | 111.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $302K | $343K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 201 | 219 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.5% | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,638 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,388 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 69+1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,193
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16749 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 136The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Sheridan area, 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 the Sheridan area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,241+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,845
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,523 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $71,388+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,947
- Median home value
- $394,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,161
- Daytime population
- 31,268Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gillette, WY | 66 | 182 | 101.2 | $407K | +2.1% | #111 of 538 |
| 2Laramie, WY | 57 | 166 | 97.2 | $359K | +3.9% | #191 of 538 |
| 3Cody, WY | 47 | 168 | 126.0 | $293K | +5.1% | #300 of 538 |
| 4Sheridan, WY | 45 | 167 | 120.6 | $302K | +7.2% | #326 of 538 |
| 5Rock Springs, WY | 43 | 192 | 109.7 | $346K | −2.2% | #345 of 538 |
| 6Riverton, WY | 39 | 163 | 108.4 | $320K | +0.7% | #385 of 538 |
| 7Jackson, WY-ID | 39 | 308 | 212.3 | $238K | +4.2% | #388 of 538 |
| 8Evanston, WY-UT | 35 | 130 | 150.5 | $253K | +2.0% | #421 of 538 |
Other business types in the Sheridan area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops75
- Pizza77
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops58
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Sheridan, WY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 167 restaurants and cafes in the Sheridan area. 49 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sheridan, WY area spend on food away from home?
About $50.4M a year, or $3,638 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 167 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $302K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,845 households in the Sheridan area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sheridan, WY area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Sheridan area has 120.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $302K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Sheridan area would have about 136, against 167 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 201 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sheridan, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Sheridan area at 33,241 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,845 households. Median household income in the Sheridan area is $71,388, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sheridan area scores 45 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #326 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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