Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Grocery stores in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #364 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 19
- 3 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $95.8M
- On groceries · $5,300 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,823
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, the Eagle Pass metro area has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #364 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 grocery stores in the Eagle Pass metro area. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 54% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in the Eagle Pass metro area spend about $95.8M a year on groceries, or $5,300 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Eagle Pass metro area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 2,583 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Eagle Pass metro area grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Eagle Pass metro area compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores 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 | Eagle Pass metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $10.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,583 | 2,940 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,300 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,568 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 518
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 193 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in the Eagle Pass metro 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.
Population and households in the Eagle Pass metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,823+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 18,080
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,280 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $49,568+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,509
- Median home value
- $158,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,329
- Daytime population
- 51,575Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 93 | 31 | 4.5 | $14.6M | +9.8% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 90 | 525 | 5.3 | $12.6M | +14.0% | #5 of 387 |
| 3Sherman-Denison, TX | 86 | 22 | 4.0 | $15M | +12.8% | #13 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 85 | 465 | 4.8 | $12.7M | +9.5% | #15 of 387 |
| 5Killeen-Temple, TX | 82 | 64 | 3.6 | $16.2M | +7.2% | #17 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 77 | 1,637 | 5.7 | $11.4M | +10.6% | #28 of 387 |
| 7Odessa, TX | 75 | 29 | 4.5 | $13.2M | +5.0% | #36 of 387 |
| 8Victoria, TX | 73 | 14 | 3.7 | $15.7M | +1.6% | #43 of 387 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 70 | 68 | 4.8 | $11.9M | +4.6% | #57 of 387 |
| 10College Station-Bryan, TX | 66 | 55 | 5.2 | $11M | +6.9% | #83 of 387 |
| 25Eagle Pass, TX | 21 | 19 | 10.5 | $5M | +1.7% | #364 of 387 |
Other business types in the Eagle Pass metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores21
- Convenience stores13
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area?
The Eagle Pass metro area has 19 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $95.8M a year, or $5,300 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,080 households in the Eagle Pass metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eagle Pass, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Eagle Pass metro area has 10.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Eagle Pass metro area would have about 10, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,583 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Eagle Pass, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Eagle Pass metro area at 58,823 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,080 households. Median household income in the Eagle Pass metro area is $49,568, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. The Eagle Pass metro area scores 21 for grocery stores (low), #364 of 387 scored metro areas.
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