Food and drink · Metro area · California
Sit-down restaurants in the Vallejo, CA metro area
How the Vallejo, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #87 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 871
- 290 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 293
- +8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $710.9M
- On food away from home · $4,513 a household
- Spending per listing
- $816K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.3
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 455,376
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Vallejo metro area spend about $710.9M a year on food away from home, or $4,513 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $816K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 23% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Vallejo metro area has 871 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 55.3, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Vallejo metro area was 293 in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 538 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 48 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $8.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Vallejo metro area.
Population estimates show the Vallejo metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Vallejo metro area is 64 (upper middle), #87 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Vallejo metro area 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 | Vallejo metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.3 | 73.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $816K | $617K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 538 | 432 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.5% | −1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,513 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $100,401 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 293+8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,071
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $150.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 48Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 871290 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,071The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $8.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Vallejo 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 Vallejo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 455,376+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 157,512
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 550
- Median household income
- $100,401+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,026
- Median home value
- $617,700
- Jobs located here
- 138,955
- Daytime population
- 384,717Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in California, with the Vallejo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba City, CA | 81 | 258 | 41.7 | $935K | +3.3% | #14 of 387 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 77 | 1,321 | 53.9 | $797K | +5.5% | #22 of 387 |
| 3Merced, CA | 66 | 406 | 47.2 | $750K | +5.1% | #75 of 387 |
| 4Vallejo, CA | 64 | 871 | 55.3 | $816K | +0.6% | #87 of 387 |
| 5Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 58 | 8,730 | 60.2 | $700K | +3.5% | #128 of 387 |
| 6Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 54 | 5,508 | 62.5 | $712K | +3.2% | #158 of 387 |
| 7Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 54 | 237 | 53.8 | $679K | +1.0% | #161 of 387 |
| 8Fresno, CA | 49 | 2,286 | 61.8 | $621K | +3.2% | #203 of 387 |
| 9Chico, CA | 48 | 447 | 53.7 | $693K | −0.5% | #210 of 387 |
| 10Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 47 | 1,824 | 65.1 | $735K | −1.5% | #212 of 387 |
Other business types in the Vallejo metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza68
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops59
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Vallejo, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 871 sit-down restaurants in the Vallejo metro area. 290 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 293 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 48 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vallejo, CA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $710.9M a year, or $4,513 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 871 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $816K 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 157,512 households in the Vallejo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vallejo, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Vallejo metro area has 55.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $816K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Vallejo metro area would have about 1,071, against 871 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 538 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Vallejo, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Vallejo metro area at 455,376 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,512 households. Median household income in the Vallejo metro area is $100,401, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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 Vallejo metro area scores 64 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #87 of 387 scored metro areas.
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