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Sit-down restaurants in Del Norte County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Del Norte County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,866 of 2,405 scored counties
#40 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 49
- 12 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.1M
- On food away from home · $3,584 a household
- Spending per listing
- $697K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 51.5
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,410
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Del Norte County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,866 of 2,405 scored counties and #40 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Del Norte County comes to about $34.1M a year: $3,584 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 sit-down restaurants, that is $697K per restaurant, 5% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Del Norte County has 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 51.5 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Del Norte County in 2023. That is one for every 501 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $65K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Del Norte County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Del Norte County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Del Norte County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Del Norte County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 51.5 | 73.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $697K | $617K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 501 | 432 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,584 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,058 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 266
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $65K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Del Norte 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 Del Norte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,410−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,522
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $67,058+48.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,665
- Median home value
- $342,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,729
- Daytime population
- 25,295Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in California for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in California, with Del Norte County marked.
Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 86 | 101 | 35.3 | $1.1M | +8.2% | #55 of 2,405 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 72 | 113 | 55.0 | $891K | +8.6% | #326 of 2,405 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 69 | 1,321 | 53.9 | $797K | +5.5% | #413 of 2,405 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 64 | 4,476 | 57.7 | $748K | +5.0% | #582 of 2,405 |
| 5Madera County, CA | 64 | 247 | 54.4 | $705K | +7.4% | #590 of 2,405 |
| 6Merced County, CA | 63 | 406 | 47.2 | $750K | +5.1% | #636 of 2,405 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 62 | 2,368 | 57.1 | $906K | +0.3% | #652 of 2,405 |
| 8Placer County, CA | 60 | 1,057 | 66.9 | $734K | +8.9% | #758 of 2,405 |
| 9Solano County, CA | 59 | 871 | 55.3 | $816K | +0.6% | #777 of 2,405 |
| 10Lassen County, CA | 58 | 33 | 35.7 | $980K | −13.1% | #800 of 2,405 |
| 40Del Norte County, CA | 34 | 49 | 51.5 | $697K | −4.4% | #1,866 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Del Norte County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants34
- Fast food and sandwich shops60
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Del Norte County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 sit-down restaurants in Del Norte County. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Del Norte County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $34.1M a year, or $3,584 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $697K 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 9,522 households in Del Norte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Del Norte County, CA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Del Norte County has 51.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $697K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Del Norte County would have about 51, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 501 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Del Norte County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Del Norte County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,522 households. Median household income in Del Norte County is $67,058, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.1%, 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. Del Norte County scores 34 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,866 of 2,405 scored counties.
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