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Sit-down restaurants in Washita County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Washita County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #394 of 2,405 scored counties
#7 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.7M
- On food away from home · $3,307 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 87% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.6
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,884
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,307 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Washita County spend about $13.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 87% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Washita County has 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.6, 57% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Washita County in 2023. That is one for every 1,377 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washita County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Washita County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #394 of 2,405 scored counties and #7 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Washita 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 | Washita County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.6 | 58.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $599K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,377 | 522 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,307 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,501 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $189K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Washita 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 Washita County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,884−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,131
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,003 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $63,501+19.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,529
- Median home value
- $118,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,285
- Daytime population
- 9,453Residents 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 Washita 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 Washita County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Washita County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 sit-down restaurants in Washita County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Washita County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $13.7M a year, or $3,307 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 4,131 households in Washita County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washita County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Washita County has 26.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.2M, 87% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Washita County would have about 21, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,377 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Washita County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Washita County at 10,884 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,131 households. Median household income in Washita County is $63,501, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.2%, 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. Washita County scores 69 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #394 of 2,405 scored counties.
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