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Sit-down restaurants in Siskiyou County, CA
How Siskiyou County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,265 of 2,405 scored counties
#50 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 108
- 31 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- −11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.9M
- On food away from home · $3,352 a household
- Spending per listing
- $592K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,013
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Siskiyou County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,265 of 2,405 scored counties and #50 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Siskiyou County spend about $63.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,352 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 108 sit-down restaurants, that is $592K per restaurant, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 108 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Siskiyou County as of September 2026. 31 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 56.6 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 39 businesses with payroll in Siskiyou County classed as full-service restaurants, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 489 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Siskiyou County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Siskiyou 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 | Siskiyou County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.6 | 73.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $592K | $617K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 489 | 432 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.4% | −1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,352 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,095 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 39−11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 428
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10831 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The 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 Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,013−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 19,079
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,279 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $59,095+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,222
- Median home value
- $309,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,187
- Daytime population
- 41,151Residents 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 Siskiyou 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 |
| 50Siskiyou County, CA | 22 | 108 | 56.6 | $592K | −4.5% | #2,265 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Siskiyou County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes21
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops39
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes14
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Siskiyou County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 108 sit-down restaurants in Siskiyou County. 31 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Siskiyou County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $63.9M a year, or $3,352 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $592K 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 19,079 households in Siskiyou County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Siskiyou County, CA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Siskiyou County has 56.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $592K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Siskiyou County would have about 96, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Siskiyou County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Siskiyou County at 42,013 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,079 households. Median household income in Siskiyou County is $59,095, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Siskiyou County scores 22 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,265 of 2,405 scored counties.
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