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Sit-down restaurants in Johnson County, WY

How Johnson County, WY compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
30
8 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On food away from home · $3,665 a household
Spending per listing
$480K
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
76.3
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,908
+5.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 sit-down restaurants in Johnson County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 76.3 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Johnson County comes to about $14.4M a year: $3,665 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $480K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 28% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Johnson County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 492 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Johnson 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Johnson County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households76.355.261.3
Spending per listing$480K$691K$664K
Households per official establishment492461500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,665$3,811$4,070
Median household income$64,871$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 8
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
308 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,908+5.2% since 2020
Households
3,932
Median age
48.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,154 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$64,871
Average household income
$90,983
Median home value
$326,800
Jobs located here
3,376
Daytime population
7,974Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Johnson County marked.

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie County, WY7217841.1$940K+2.2%#323 of 2,405
2Campbell County, WY589150.6$813K+2.1%#817 of 2,405
3Converse County, WY562441.6$927K+0.6%#889 of 2,405
4Albany County, WY557644.5$784K+3.9%#949 of 2,405
5Goshen County, WY541834.6$953K+1.0%#973 of 2,405
6Uinta County, WY484355.7$685K+1.3%#1,278 of 2,405
7Natrona County, WY4716949.9$750K+0.3%#1,305 of 2,405
8Lincoln County, WY455768.5$601K+7.8%#1,436 of 2,405
9Park County, WY438060.0$616K+5.1%#1,505 of 2,405
10Big Horn County, WY422453.8$623K+4.7%#1,552 of 2,405
Johnson County, WYNot scored3076.3$480K+5.2%

Other business types in Johnson County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Johnson County, WY?

There are 30 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. 8 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.

How much do households in Johnson County, WY spend on food away from home?

About $14.4M a year, or $3,665 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $480K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,932 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnson County, WY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Johnson County has 76.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $480K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Johnson County would have about 22, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 492 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 8,908 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,932 households. The median household income in Johnson County is $64,871 a year, 20% 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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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Johnson County

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