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Sit-down restaurants in Wagoner County, OK

The sit-down restaurants in Wagoner County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 86 out of 100: High

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

Listings
115
44 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
34
+17.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$121.2M
On food away from home · $3,862 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
59% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
36.6
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,263
+14.6% since 2020

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What this means

Wagoner County scores 86 (high) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #57 of 2,405 scored counties and #2 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.

Household spending on food away from home in Wagoner County comes to about $121.2M a year: $3,862 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per restaurant, 59% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Wagoner County has 115 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 44 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 36.6 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Wagoner County in 2023, up 17.2% from 2019. That is one for every 923 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $421K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Wagoner County. Population estimates put the population change in Wagoner County from 2020 to 2025 at +14.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Wagoner 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 Wagoner County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureWagoner CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households36.658.861.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$599K$664K
Households per official establishment923522500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.2%+3.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.6%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,862$3,519$4,070
Median household income$81,207$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score8636

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29 → 34+17.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
322
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11544 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
183The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$421K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
93,263+14.6% since 2020
Households
31,379
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
562 sq. mi.
People per square mile
154
Median household income
$81,207+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,385
Median home value
$234,800
Jobs located here
12,206
Daytime population
58,774Residents 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 Wagoner 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 Wagoner County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 115 sit-down restaurants in Wagoner County. 44 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 17.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $121.2M a year, or $3,862 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 31,379 households in Wagoner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wagoner County has 36.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Wagoner County would have about 183, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 923 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Wagoner County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Wagoner County at 93,263 people in 2025, up 14.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,379 households. Median household income in Wagoner County is $81,207, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Wagoner County scores 86 for sit-down restaurants (high), #57 of 2,405 scored counties.

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