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Sit-down restaurants in Muskogee County, OK

How Muskogee 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,996 of 2,405 scored counties
#36 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
131
59 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
44
+4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$78.8M
On food away from home · $3,060 a household
Spending per listing
$601K
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
50.9
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,708
+0.7% 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

Muskogee County scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,996 of 2,405 scored counties and #36 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Muskogee County spend about $78.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,060 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 131 sit-down restaurants, that is $601K per restaurant, 9% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Muskogee County has 131 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 50.9, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in Muskogee County classed as full-service restaurants, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 585 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $543K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Muskogee County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Muskogee County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Muskogee 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 Muskogee County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureMuskogee CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households50.958.861.3
Spending per listing$601K$599K$664K
Households per official establishment585522500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%+3.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,060$3,519$4,070
Median household income$53,619$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3136

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 44+4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
838
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13159 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
119The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$543K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
66,708+0.7% since 2020
Households
25,739
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
811 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$53,619+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,119
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
27,927
Daytime population
67,221Residents 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 Muskogee 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
36Muskogee County, OK3113150.9$601K+0.7%#1,996 of 2,405

Other business types in Muskogee County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 131 sit-down restaurants in Muskogee County. 59 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $78.8M a year, or $3,060 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $601K 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 25,739 households in Muskogee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Muskogee County has 50.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $601K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Muskogee County would have about 119, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 585 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Muskogee County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Muskogee County at 66,708 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,739 households. Median household income in Muskogee County is $53,619, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Muskogee County scores 31 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,996 of 2,405 scored counties.

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