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Sit-down restaurants in Creek County, OK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Creek County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #406 of 2,405 scored counties
#8 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
104
35 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
36
+2.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$96.5M
On food away from home · $3,416 a household
Spending per listing
$928K
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
36.8
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,967
+4.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,416 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Creek County spend about $96.5M a year on food away from home. Spread across 104 sit-down restaurants, that is $928K per restaurant, 40% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

There are 104 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Creek County as of September 2026. 35 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 36.8 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Creek County in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 785 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $162K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Creek County.

Population estimates show Creek County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Creek County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #406 of 2,405 scored counties and #8 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Creek County compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Creek County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureCreek CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households36.858.861.3
Spending per listing$928K$599K$664K
Households per official establishment785522500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.9%+3.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,416$3,519$4,070
Median household income$62,338$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score6936

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 36+2.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
545
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10435 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
145The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$162K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Creek 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 Creek County

Population, 2025 estimate
74,967+4.4% since 2020
Households
28,246
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
950 sq. mi.
People per square mile
77
Median household income
$62,338+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,513
Median home value
$182,100
Jobs located here
20,617
Daytime population
58,543Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Creek County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rogers County, OK8711330.8$1.3M+7.1%#50 of 2,405
2Wagoner County, OK8611536.6$1.1M+14.6%#57 of 2,405
3Logan County, OK837944.3$909K+11.5%#88 of 2,405
4Grady County, OK816029.0$1.3M+7.7%#105 of 2,405
5Canadian County, OK8125143.1$938K+20.4%#120 of 2,405
6Osage County, OK706738.6$904K+2.2%#381 of 2,405
7Washita County, OK691126.6$1.2M−0.2%#394 of 2,405
8Creek County, OK6910436.8$928K+4.4%#406 of 2,405
9McClain County, OK698149.3$804K+18.4%#412 of 2,405
10Pawnee County, OK672236.0$909K+3.1%#463 of 2,405

Other business types in Creek County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Creek County, OK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 104 sit-down restaurants in Creek County. 35 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Creek County, OK spend on food away from home?

About $96.5M a year, or $3,416 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $928K 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 28,246 households in Creek County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Creek County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Creek County has 36.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $928K, 40% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Creek County would have about 145, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 785 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Creek County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Creek County at 74,967 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,246 households. Median household income in Creek County is $62,338, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Creek County scores 69 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #406 of 2,405 scored counties.

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