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Sit-down restaurants in Elbert County, CO
The sit-down restaurants in Elbert County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 95 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #3 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $52.1M
- On food away from home · $5,209 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 4.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,534
- +16.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Elbert County is 95 (very high), #3 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Households in Elbert County spend about $52.1M a year on food away from home, or $5,209 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 4.6 times the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Elbert County has 17 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 17.0 per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Elbert County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 834 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $587K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Elbert County. Population estimates show Elbert County grew 16.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Elbert 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.
| Measure | Elbert County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 61.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $716K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 834 | 468 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.5% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,209 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $132,685 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 95 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 154
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $587K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Elbert 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 Elbert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,534+16.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,004
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 95%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.8
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $132,685+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $161,186
- Median home value
- $709,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,921
- Daytime population
- 17,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Elbert County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 95 | 17 | 17.0 | $3.1M | +16.5% | #3 of 2,405 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 88 | 607 | 43.4 | $1.3M | +10.9% | #38 of 2,405 |
| 3Park County, CO | 86 | 32 | 35.6 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #53 of 2,405 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 86 | 509 | 41.0 | $1.1M | +14.2% | #56 of 2,405 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 77 | 160 | 50.4 | $1M | +6.3% | #194 of 2,405 |
| 6Adams County, CO | 77 | 977 | 51.8 | $836K | +6.6% | #205 of 2,405 |
| 7Mesa County, CO | 68 | 287 | 43.6 | $859K | +4.4% | #437 of 2,405 |
| 8El Paso County, CO | 65 | 1,556 | 53.6 | $794K | +3.2% | #540 of 2,405 |
| 9Larimer County, CO | 64 | 845 | 54.8 | $792K | +4.8% | #575 of 2,405 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 1,234 | 51.0 | $936K | −0.5% | #696 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Elbert County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes97
- Sit-down restaurants95
- Fast food and sandwich shops97
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes89
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Elbert County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 sit-down restaurants in Elbert County. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Elbert County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $52.1M a year, or $5,209 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 10,004 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elbert County, CO compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Elbert County has 17.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $3.1M, 4.6 times the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Elbert County would have about 79, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 834 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Elbert County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Elbert County at 30,534 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,004 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $132,685, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Elbert County scores 95 for sit-down restaurants (very high), #3 of 2,405 scored counties.
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