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Sit-down restaurants in Goshen County, WY
How Goshen County, WY compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #973 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On food away from home · $3,298 a household
- Spending per listing
- $953K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.6
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,640
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 sit-down restaurants in Goshen County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.6, 44% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Goshen County comes to about $17.2M a year: $3,298 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $953K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 44% above 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Goshen County in 2023. That is one for every 578 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Goshen County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Goshen County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #973 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Goshen 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 | Goshen County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.6 | 55.2 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $953K | $691K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 578 | 461 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,298 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,929 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Goshen 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 Goshen County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,640+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,200
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,226 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $58,929+8.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,442
- Median home value
- $239,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,178
- Daytime population
- 12,112Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wyoming market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Goshen County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Goshen County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Goshen County, WY?
There are 18 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Goshen County as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Goshen County, WY spend on food away from home?
About $17.2M a year, or $3,298 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $953K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,200 households in Goshen County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Goshen County, WY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Goshen County has 34.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $953K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Goshen County would have about 26, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 578 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Goshen County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Goshen County at 12,640 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,200 households. The median household income in Goshen County is $58,929 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.6% 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. Goshen County scores 54 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #973 of 2,405 scored counties.
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