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Restaurants and cafes in Uinta County, WY

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,583 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
89
30 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
34
−2.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$29.5M
On food away from home · $3,819 a household
Spending per listing
$331K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
115.3
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,728
+1.3% 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

Households in Uinta County spend about $29.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,819 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $331K per restaurant, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 89 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Uinta County as of September 2026. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 34%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 115.3, 5% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Uinta County in 2023, down 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 227 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $749K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Uinta County.

Population estimates put the population change in Uinta County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Uinta County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,583 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.

How Uinta 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 Uinta County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureUinta CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households115.3111.1109.8
Spending per listing$331K$343K$371K
Households per official establishment227219209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.9%+3.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,819$3,811$4,070
Median household income$82,980$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score4134

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 34−2.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
468
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8930 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
80The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$749K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Uinta 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 Uinta County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,728+1.3% since 2020
Households
7,716
Median age
36.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
2,082 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$82,980+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,191
Median home value
$290,000
Jobs located here
8,529
Daytime population
20,037Residents 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 Uinta 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

Other business types in Uinta County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 89 restaurants and cafes in Uinta County. 30 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 2.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $29.5M a year, or $3,819 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $331K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,716 households in Uinta County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Uinta County has 115.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $331K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Uinta County would have about 80, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 227 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Uinta County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Uinta County at 20,728 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,716 households. Median household income in Uinta County is $82,980, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Uinta County scores 41 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,583 of 2,405 scored counties.

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