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Sit-down restaurants in Adams County, WA
The sit-down restaurants in Adams County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,937 of 2,405 scored counties
#34 of 35 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 44
- 12 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.2M
- On food away from home · $3,533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $505K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.0
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,488
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Adams County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,937 of 2,405 scored counties and #34 of 35 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 sit-down restaurants in Adams County. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 27%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 70.0, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Adams County spend about $22.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,533 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $505K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 24% below 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.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Adams County in 2023. That is one for every 449 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Adams County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.0 | 54.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $505K | $823K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 449 | 456 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,533 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,136 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,488+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,288
- Median age
- 29.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,925 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $66,136+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,806
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,184
- Daytime population
- 20,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Skamania County, WA | 89 | 19 | 37.9 | $1.1M | +5.2% | #33 of 2,405 |
| 2Lincoln County, WA | 84 | 17 | 35.3 | $1M | +9.7% | #78 of 2,405 |
| 3Stevens County, WA | 83 | 56 | 28.9 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #83 of 2,405 |
| 4Mason County, WA | 81 | 96 | 36.9 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #110 of 2,405 |
| 5Douglas County, WA | 78 | 66 | 41.4 | $981K | +8.0% | #170 of 2,405 |
| 6Pend Oreille County, WA | 77 | 17 | 28.6 | $1.3M | +7.1% | #184 of 2,405 |
| 7Franklin County, WA | 77 | 146 | 48.8 | $842K | +5.6% | #204 of 2,405 |
| 8Clark County, WA | 76 | 851 | 43.4 | $1M | +5.3% | #224 of 2,405 |
| 9Thurston County, WA | 74 | 496 | 41.7 | $1M | +2.8% | #271 of 2,405 |
| 10Pierce County, WA | 71 | 1,532 | 43.6 | $1M | +2.5% | #341 of 2,405 |
| 34Adams County, WA | 33 | 44 | 70.0 | $505K | +4.3% | #1,937 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Adams County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Adams County, WA?
There are 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Adams County as of September 2026. 12 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Adams County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $22.2M a year, or $3,533 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $505K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,288 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, WA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Adams County has 70.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $505K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Adams County would have about 34, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 449 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Adams County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 21,488 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,288 households. The median household income in Adams County is $66,136 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Adams County scores 33 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,937 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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