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Sit-down restaurants in Iron County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Iron County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 34
- 4 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.4M
- On food away from home · $3,352 a household
- Spending per listing
- $307K
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 109.4
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,127
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Iron County spend about $10.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,352 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $307K per restaurant, 54% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Iron County has 34 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 109.4, 78% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Iron County in 2023. That is one for every 194 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Iron County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Iron County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Iron County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 109.4 | 52.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $307K | $757K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 194 | 497 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,352 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,625 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 146
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 344 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Iron 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 Iron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,127−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,109
- Median age
- 53.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 89%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $60,625
- Average household income
- $76,937
- Median home value
- $165,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,835
- Daytime population
- 5,969Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Iron County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the sit-down restaurants on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Iron County marked.
Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calumet County, WI | 79 | 71 | 33.2 | $1.3M | +2.9% | #139 of 2,405 |
| 2Washington County, WI | 74 | 227 | 39.8 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #262 of 2,405 |
| 3Waukesha County, WI | 72 | 775 | 46.0 | $1M | +2.4% | #316 of 2,405 |
| 4St. Croix County, WI | 71 | 167 | 44.5 | $1M | +4.7% | #340 of 2,405 |
| 5Ozaukee County, WI | 67 | 181 | 47.2 | $980K | +3.0% | #454 of 2,405 |
| 6Dane County, WI | 67 | 1,298 | 51.6 | $848K | +4.9% | #464 of 2,405 |
| 7Pierce County, WI | 65 | 75 | 47.3 | $906K | +3.1% | #524 of 2,405 |
| 8Vernon County, WI | 64 | 45 | 36.2 | $1M | +2.4% | #556 of 2,405 |
| 9Racine County, WI | 63 | 358 | 44.5 | $889K | +0.4% | #617 of 2,405 |
| 10Dodge County, WI | 61 | 150 | 41.8 | $906K | −0.3% | #699 of 2,405 |
| Iron County, WI | Not scored | 34 | 109.4 | $307K | −0.3% |
Other business types in Iron County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Iron County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 sit-down restaurants in Iron County. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Iron County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $10.4M a year, or $3,352 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $307K 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 3,109 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Iron County, WI compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Iron County has 109.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $307K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Iron County would have about 16, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 194 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Iron County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Iron County at 6,127 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,109 households. Median household income in Iron County is $60,625, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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