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Sit-down restaurants in Lyon County, NV
How Lyon County, NV compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #63 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 82
- 29 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- −3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $91.3M
- On food away from home · $3,845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 68% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.5
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,088
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Lyon County has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #63 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
As of September 2026, map listings count 82 sit-down restaurants in Lyon County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 34.5 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Lyon County comes to about $91.3M a year: $3,845 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 82 sit-down restaurants, that is $1.1M per restaurant, 68% 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.
Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Lyon County in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 879 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Lyon County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lyon 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 | Lyon County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.5 | 73.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $536K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 879 | 508 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.6% | +10.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,845 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,812 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 27−3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 331
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8229 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 138The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,088+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,745
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,003 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $80,812+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,009
- Daytime population
- 46,726Residents 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes84
- Sit-down restaurants85
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza76
- Coffee shops and cafes84
- Bakeries and dessert shops85
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Lyon County, NV?
Lyon County has 82 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 29 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lyon County, NV spend on food away from home?
About $91.3M a year, or $3,845 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,745 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, NV compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Lyon County has 34.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Lyon County would have about 138, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 879 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 65,088 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,745 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $80,812 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lyon County scores 85 for sit-down restaurants (high), #63 of 2,405 scored counties.
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