Food and drink · County · Oklahoma
Sit-down restaurants in Pawnee County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Pawnee County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #463 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 22
- 7 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On food away from home · $3,273 a household
- Spending per listing
- $909K
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.0
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,029
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 sit-down restaurants in Pawnee County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 32%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 36.0 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,273 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Pawnee County spend about $20M a year on food away from home. That works out to $909K per restaurant, 37% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Pawnee County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,018 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $213K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pawnee County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pawnee County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Pawnee County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #463 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pawnee 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 | Pawnee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.0 | 58.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $909K | $599K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,018 | 522 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,273 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 227 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $213K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pawnee 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 Pawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,029+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,108
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,738+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,199
- Median home value
- $131,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,630
- Daytime population
- 12,439Residents 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 Pawnee 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 |
Other business types in Pawnee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Pawnee County, OK?
There are 22 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Pawnee County as of September 2026. 7 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pawnee County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $20M a year, or $3,273 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $909K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,108 households in Pawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pawnee County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Pawnee County has 36.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $909K, 37% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Pawnee County would have about 30, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,018 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Pawnee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Pawnee County at 16,029 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,108 households. The median household income in Pawnee County is $58,738 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Pawnee County scores 67 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #463 of 2,405 scored counties.
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