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Sit-down restaurants in Murray County, OK
How Murray County, OK 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,284 of 2,405 scored counties
#51 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 44
- 17 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On food away from home · $3,468 a household
- Spending per listing
- $391K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 88.8
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,805
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Murray County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,284 of 2,405 scored counties and #51 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,468 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Murray County spend about $17.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $391K per restaurant, 41% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Murray County as of September 2026. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 39%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 88.8 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Murray County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 496 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show Murray County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Murray 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 | Murray County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 88.8 | 58.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $391K | $599K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 496 | 522 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,468 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,322 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 147
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4417 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Murray 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 Murray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,805−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,956
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $66,322+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,934
- Median home value
- $159,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,043
- Daytime population
- 12,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 51Murray County, OK | 22 | 44 | 88.8 | $391K | −0.5% | #2,284 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Murray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops20
- Pizza26
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops23
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Murray County, OK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 sit-down restaurants in Murray County. 17 of them (39%) 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.
How much do households in Murray County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $17.2M a year, or $3,468 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $391K 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 4,956 households in Murray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Murray County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Murray County has 88.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $391K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Murray County would have about 26, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 496 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Murray County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Murray County at 13,805 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,956 households. Median household income in Murray County is $66,322, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Murray County scores 22 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,284 of 2,405 scored counties.
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