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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Bonham, TX area

How the Bonham, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #36 of 537 scored small-town markets
#2 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
18
16 chain locations (89%)
Official establishments
13
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$47.3M
On food away from home · $3,702 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,265
+9.2% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, the Bonham area has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #36 of 537 scored small-town markets and #2 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for fast food and sandwich shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 fast food and sandwich shops in the Bonham area. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 89%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,702 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Bonham area spend about $47.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 18 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Bonham area classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 982 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bonham area grew 9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Bonham area compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Bonham, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBonham areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.115.713.3
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)982451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,702$3,970$4,070
Median household income$72,295$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
462
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1816 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 limited-service restaurants in the Bonham area, 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in the Bonham area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,265+9.2% since 2020
Households
12,767
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
878 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$72,295+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,771
Median home value
$233,700
Jobs located here
8,151
Daytime population
28,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Bonham area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fredericksburg, TX801412.2$3.3M+6.6%#26 of 537
2Bonham, TX791814.1$2.6M+9.2%#36 of 537
3Andrews, TX68811.7$3.3M+1.6%#105 of 537
4Granbury, TX673714.5$2.8M+13.6%#115 of 537
5Palestine, TX631910.8$3M+3.2%#149 of 537
6Brenham, TX632415.5$2.4M+7.0%#156 of 537
7Port Lavaca, TX601213.8$2.8M−2.3%#178 of 537
8Jacksonville, TX592714.8$2.3M+5.4%#194 of 537
9Bay City, TX582113.6$2.5M+0.5%#207 of 537
10Kerrville, TX573214.1$2.6M+2.5%#216 of 537

Other business types in the Bonham area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Bonham, TX area?

There are 18 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Bonham area as of September 2026. 16 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Bonham, TX area spend on food away from home?

About $47.3M a year, or $3,702 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,767 households in the Bonham area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bonham, TX area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

The Bonham area has 14.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Bonham area would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 982 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bonham, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Bonham area at 39,265 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,767 households. The median household income in the Bonham area is $72,295 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Bonham area scores 79 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #36 of 537 scored small-town markets.

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