Food and drink · Metro area · Arizona
Sit-down restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #276 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 258
- 87 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- −5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $170.2M
- On food away from home · $3,338 a household
- Spending per listing
- $660K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 126,332
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area comes to about $170.2M a year: $3,338 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $660K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 258 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 50.6, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 637 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is 40 (lower middle), #276 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.6 | 53.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $660K | $747K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 637 | 640 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.9% | +3.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,338 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,742 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80−5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,348
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25887 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 256The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 126,332+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 50,982
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,210 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,017
- Median home value
- $218,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,807
- Daytime population
- 114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 77 | 10,522 | 55.6 | $756K | +7.3% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Tucson, AZ | 70 | 2,035 | 46.5 | $801K | +2.8% | #50 of 387 |
| 3Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 64 | 423 | 41.5 | $793K | +6.5% | #88 of 387 |
| 4Yuma, AZ | 58 | 395 | 49.8 | $673K | +9.2% | #129 of 387 |
| 5Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 52 | 549 | 49.4 | $739K | +6.5% | #169 of 387 |
| 6Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 40 | 258 | 50.6 | $660K | +0.6% | #276 of 387 |
| 7Flagstaff, AZ | 16 | 453 | 82.2 | $465K | −0.6% | #383 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants40
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes28
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 258 sit-down restaurants in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. 87 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $170.2M a year, or $3,338 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 258 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $660K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,982 households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 50.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $660K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area would have about 256, against 258 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 637 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. Median household income in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is $59,742, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 40 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #276 of 387 scored metro areas.
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