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Sit-down restaurants in Plumas County, CA
The sit-down restaurants in Plumas County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,362 of 2,405 scored counties
#55 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 63
- 10 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- −7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $29.7M
- On food away from home · $3,689 a household
- Spending per listing
- $472K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 78.2
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,583
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Plumas County has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #2,362 of 2,405 scored counties and #55 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 63 sit-down restaurants in Plumas County. 10 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 78.2 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Plumas County comes to about $29.7M a year: $3,689 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $472K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Plumas County in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 230 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Plumas County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Plumas 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 | Plumas County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 78.2 | 73.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $472K | $617K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 230 | 432 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.9% | −1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,689 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,031 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 35−7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 157
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6310 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Plumas 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 Plumas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,583−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,054
- Median age
- 50.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $66,031+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,802
- Median home value
- $360,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,669
- Daytime population
- 17,759Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 55Plumas County, CA | 16 | 63 | 78.2 | $472K | −5.9% | #2,362 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Plumas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes15
- Sit-down restaurants16
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza31
- Coffee shops and cafes16
- Bakeries and dessert shops17
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Plumas County, CA?
Plumas County has 63 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Plumas County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $29.7M a year, or $3,689 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $472K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,054 households in Plumas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Plumas County, CA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Plumas County has 78.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $472K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Plumas County would have about 45, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 230 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Plumas County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Plumas County at 18,583 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,054 households. The median household income in Plumas County is $66,031 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Plumas County scores 16 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,362 of 2,405 scored counties.
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