Food and drink · County · Oklahoma
Sit-down restaurants in Love County, OK
The sit-down restaurants in Love County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,065 of 2,405 scored counties
#41 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 39
- 11 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On food away from home · $3,455 a household
- Spending per listing
- $345K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 100.0
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,780
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Love County is 30 (lower middle), #2,065 of 2,405 scored counties and #41 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 sit-down restaurants in Love County. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 100.0 for every 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Love County spend about $13.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,455 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $345K per restaurant, 48% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Love County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 433 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show Love County grew 6.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Love 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.
| Measure | Love County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 100.0 | 58.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $345K | $599K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 433 | 522 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,455 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,580 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 247
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3911 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Love 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 Love County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,780+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,899
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $66,580+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,462
- Median home value
- $171,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,191
- Daytime population
- 11,258Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Love County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogers County, OK | 87 | 113 | 30.8 | $1.3M | +7.1% | #50 of 2,405 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 86 | 115 | 36.6 | $1.1M | +14.6% | #57 of 2,405 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 83 | 79 | 44.3 | $909K | +11.5% | #88 of 2,405 |
| 4Grady County, OK | 81 | 60 | 29.0 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #105 of 2,405 |
| 5Canadian County, OK | 81 | 251 | 43.1 | $938K | +20.4% | #120 of 2,405 |
| 6Osage County, OK | 70 | 67 | 38.6 | $904K | +2.2% | #381 of 2,405 |
| 7Washita County, OK | 69 | 11 | 26.6 | $1.2M | −0.2% | #394 of 2,405 |
| 8Creek County, OK | 69 | 104 | 36.8 | $928K | +4.4% | #406 of 2,405 |
| 9McClain County, OK | 69 | 81 | 49.3 | $804K | +18.4% | #412 of 2,405 |
| 10Pawnee County, OK | 67 | 22 | 36.0 | $909K | +3.1% | #463 of 2,405 |
| 41Love County, OK | 30 | 39 | 100.0 | $345K | +6.1% | #2,065 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Love County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes34
- 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 Love County, OK?
There are 39 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Love County as of September 2026. 11 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Love County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $13.5M a year, or $3,455 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $345K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,899 households in Love County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Love County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Love County has 100.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $345K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Love County would have about 20, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 433 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Love County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Love County at 10,780 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,899 households. The median household income in Love County is $66,580 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. Love County scores 30 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #2,065 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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