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Sit-down restaurants in Elko County, NV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Elko County, NV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #788 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 110
- 29 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −9.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $78M
- On food away from home · $3,974 a household
- Spending per listing
- $709K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.0
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,815
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Elko County comes to about $78M a year: $3,974 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 110 sit-down restaurants, that is $709K per restaurant, 7% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 110 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Elko County as of September 2026. 29 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 56.0 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Elko County in 2023, down 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 677 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $765K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Elko County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elko County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Elko County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #788 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Elko County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Elko County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.0 | 73.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $709K | $536K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 677 | 508 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.4% | +10.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,974 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $86,487 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 29−9.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 472
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11029 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 118The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $765K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Elko 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 Elko County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,815+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,627
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 17,173 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $86,487+6.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,650
- Median home value
- $301,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,857
- Daytime population
- 52,062Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nevada market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nevada for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Nevada, with Elko County marked.
Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 85 | 82 | 34.5 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #63 of 2,405 |
| 2Nye County, NV | 68 | 101 | 45.5 | $755K | +10.3% | #441 of 2,405 |
| 3Churchill County, NV | 62 | 42 | 44.1 | $857K | +1.1% | #663 of 2,405 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 60 | 1,119 | 56.1 | $748K | +4.4% | #755 of 2,405 |
| 5Elko County, NV | 59 | 110 | 56.0 | $709K | +2.1% | #788 of 2,405 |
| 6Douglas County, NV | 53 | 122 | 57.2 | $752K | +1.2% | #1,041 of 2,405 |
| 7Clark County, NV | 41 | 6,962 | 80.7 | $482K | +5.8% | #1,606 of 2,405 |
| 8Humboldt County, NV | 33 | 42 | 60.8 | $620K | 0.0% | #1,921 of 2,405 |
| 9Carson City, NV | 27 | 159 | 67.1 | $555K | −0.2% | #2,153 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Elko County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes46
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza61
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops57
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Elko County, NV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 110 sit-down restaurants in Elko County. 29 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 9.4% from 2019. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Elko County, NV spend on food away from home?
About $78M a year, or $3,974 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $709K 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 19,627 households in Elko County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elko County, NV compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Elko County has 56.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $709K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Elko County would have about 118, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 677 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Elko County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Elko County at 54,815 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,627 households. Median household income in Elko County is $86,487, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.5%, 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. Elko County scores 59 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #788 of 2,405 scored counties.
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