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Sit-down restaurants in Carbon County, WY
The sit-down restaurants in Carbon County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,325 of 2,405 scored counties
#15 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 44
- 7 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- −29.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $22.7M
- On food away from home · $3,705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $515K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 71.9
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,013
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Carbon County is 19 (low), #2,325 of 2,405 scored counties and #15 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,705 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Carbon County spend about $22.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $515K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Carbon County has 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 71.9 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Carbon County was 22 in 2023, down 29.0% from 2019. That is one for every 278 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Carbon County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 71.9 | 55.2 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $515K | $691K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 278 | 461 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −29.0% | −7.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,705 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,511 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 22−29.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 220
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 447 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,013−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,116
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 7,898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,259
- Median home value
- $222,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,074
- Daytime population
- 14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie County, WY | 72 | 178 | 41.1 | $940K | +2.2% | #323 of 2,405 |
| 2Campbell County, WY | 58 | 91 | 50.6 | $813K | +2.1% | #817 of 2,405 |
| 3Converse County, WY | 56 | 24 | 41.6 | $927K | +0.6% | #889 of 2,405 |
| 4Albany County, WY | 55 | 76 | 44.5 | $784K | +3.9% | #949 of 2,405 |
| 5Goshen County, WY | 54 | 18 | 34.6 | $953K | +1.0% | #973 of 2,405 |
| 6Uinta County, WY | 48 | 43 | 55.7 | $685K | +1.3% | #1,278 of 2,405 |
| 7Natrona County, WY | 47 | 169 | 49.9 | $750K | +0.3% | #1,305 of 2,405 |
| 8Lincoln County, WY | 45 | 57 | 68.5 | $601K | +7.8% | #1,436 of 2,405 |
| 9Park County, WY | 43 | 80 | 60.0 | $616K | +5.1% | #1,505 of 2,405 |
| 10Big Horn County, WY | 42 | 24 | 53.8 | $623K | +4.7% | #1,552 of 2,405 |
| 15Carbon County, WY | 19 | 44 | 71.9 | $515K | −3.4% | #2,325 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Carbon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants19
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes18
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Carbon County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 sit-down restaurants in Carbon County. 7 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 29.0% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on food away from home?
About $22.7M a year, or $3,705 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $515K 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 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, WY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Carbon County has 71.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $515K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Carbon County would have about 34, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 278 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 29.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County scores 19 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,325 of 2,405 scored counties.
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