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Sit-down restaurants in Baca County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Baca County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.9M
On food away from home · $2,937 a household
Spending per listing
$973K
47% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.2
51% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,347
−3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 sit-down restaurants in Baca County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.2, 51% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Households in Baca County spend about $4.9M a year on food away from home, or $2,937 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $973K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 47% above 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Baca County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baca County declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Baca County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Baca County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureBaca CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.261.861.3
Spending per listing$973K$716K$664K
Households per official establishmentn/a468500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.7%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.8%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,937$4,421$4,070
Median household income$46,215$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Baca 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 Baca County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,347−3.8% since 2020
Households
1,657
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,555 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$46,215
Average household income
$64,396
Median home value
$122,900
Jobs located here
1,256
Daytime population
3,307Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Colorado

Every Colorado market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Baca County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO951717.0$3.1M+16.5%#3 of 2,405
2Douglas County, CO8860743.4$1.3M+10.9%#38 of 2,405
3Park County, CO863235.6$1.2M+5.1%#53 of 2,405
4Weld County, CO8650941.0$1.1M+14.2%#56 of 2,405
5Broomfield County, CO7716050.4$1M+6.3%#194 of 2,405
6Adams County, CO7797751.8$836K+6.6%#205 of 2,405
7Mesa County, CO6828743.6$859K+4.4%#437 of 2,405
8El Paso County, CO651,55653.6$794K+3.2%#540 of 2,405
9Larimer County, CO6484554.8$792K+4.8%#575 of 2,405
10Jefferson County, CO611,23451.0$936K−0.5%#696 of 2,405
Baca County, CONot scored530.2$973K−3.8%

Other business types in Baca County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Baca County, CO?

There are 5 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Baca County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Baca County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Baca County, CO spend on food away from home?

About $4.9M a year, or $2,937 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $973K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,657 households in Baca County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Baca County, CO compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Baca County has 30.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $973K, 47% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Baca County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Baca County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Baca County at 3,347 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,657 households. The median household income in Baca County is $46,215 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Baca County

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