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Sit-down restaurants in Los Alamos County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Los Alamos County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #124 of 2,405 scored counties
#2 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 35
- 7 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45.6M
- On food away from home · $5,525 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.4
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,407
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Los Alamos County scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #124 of 2,405 scored counties and #2 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
At $5,525 per household (36% above the U.S. average), households in Los Alamos County spend about $45.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 96% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 35 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Los Alamos County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 42.4 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Los Alamos County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 825 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Los Alamos County. Population estimates show Los Alamos County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Los Alamos County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Los Alamos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.4 | 53.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $670K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 825 | 630 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,525 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $147,139 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 357 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,4070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,247
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,885
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,699
- Daytime population
- 29,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Los Alamos County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 92 | 160 | 28.1 | $1.4M | +6.9% | #11 of 2,405 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 80 | 35 | 42.4 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #124 of 2,405 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 74 | 97 | 35.2 | $952K | +7.2% | #275 of 2,405 |
| 4Torrance County, NM | 69 | 23 | 38.0 | $836K | +6.9% | #410 of 2,405 |
| 5Otero County, NM | 62 | 100 | 40.8 | $803K | +3.7% | #674 of 2,405 |
| 6Rio Arriba County, NM | 61 | 54 | 34.5 | $964K | −1.0% | #695 of 2,405 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 61 | 355 | 41.8 | $783K | +4.1% | #713 of 2,405 |
| 8San Miguel County, NM | 51 | 39 | 32.7 | $933K | −3.2% | #1,114 of 2,405 |
| 9Eddy County, NM | 48 | 141 | 59.7 | $645K | +0.3% | #1,283 of 2,405 |
| 10San Juan County, NM | 47 | 196 | 47.0 | $704K | −0.9% | #1,314 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Los Alamos County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes78
- Sit-down restaurants80
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Los Alamos County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 sit-down restaurants in Los Alamos County. 7 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Los Alamos County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $45.6M a year, or $5,525 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 8,247 households in Los Alamos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Los Alamos County, NM compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Los Alamos County has 42.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.3M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Los Alamos County would have about 69, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 825 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Los Alamos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Los Alamos County at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. Median household income in Los Alamos County is $147,139, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Los Alamos County scores 80 for sit-down restaurants (high), #124 of 2,405 scored counties.
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