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Sit-down restaurants in Linn County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Linn County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,250 of 2,405 scored counties
#79 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 31
- 14 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17M
- On food away from home · $3,535 a household
- Spending per listing
- $547K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.6
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,815
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Linn County is 23 (low), #2,250 of 2,405 scored counties and #79 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Linn County comes to about $17M a year: $3,535 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 sit-down restaurants, that is $547K per restaurant, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 31 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Linn County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 64.6, 5% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Linn County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 343 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Linn County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Linn County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Linn County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.6 | 53.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $547K | $708K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 343 | 555 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,535 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,635 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Linn 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 Linn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,815−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,801
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 616 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $61,635+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,789
- Median home value
- $123,300
- Jobs located here
- 4,114
- Daytime population
- 10,962Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 71 | 31.1 | $1.3M | +11.4% | #12 of 2,405 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 85 | 53 | 38.3 | $1M | +9.2% | #65 of 2,405 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 84 | 169 | 39.1 | $1.1M | +7.1% | #77 of 2,405 |
| 4Jefferson County, MO | 83 | 288 | 32.6 | $1.2M | +2.7% | #84 of 2,405 |
| 5Andrew County, MO | 81 | 18 | 25.8 | $1.5M | +0.7% | #101 of 2,405 |
| 6Christian County, MO | 80 | 147 | 41.8 | $957K | +8.3% | #127 of 2,405 |
| 7Ray County, MO | 79 | 25 | 27.4 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #136 of 2,405 |
| 8Webster County, MO | 77 | 57 | 40.8 | $886K | +10.4% | #200 of 2,405 |
| 9Dallas County, MO | 76 | 18 | 26.6 | $1.2M | +5.2% | #217 of 2,405 |
| 10Clay County, MO | 74 | 479 | 46.9 | $895K | +4.3% | #280 of 2,405 |
| 79Linn County, MO | 23 | 31 | 64.6 | $547K | −0.3% | #2,250 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Linn County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Linn County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 sit-down restaurants in Linn County. 14 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Linn County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $17M a year, or $3,535 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $547K 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 4,801 households in Linn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Linn County, MO compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Linn County has 64.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $547K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Linn County would have about 26, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 343 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Linn County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Linn County at 11,815 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,801 households. Median household income in Linn County is $61,635, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Linn County scores 23 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,250 of 2,405 scored counties.
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