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Restaurants and cafes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #276 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 796
- 279 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 292
- −1.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $277.1M
- On food away from home · $3,469 a household
- Spending per listing
- $348K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.6
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 199,668
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area spend about $277.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,469 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $348K per restaurant, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 796 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 99.6, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 292 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area in 2023, down 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 274 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 92 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area.
Population estimates show the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #276 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.6 | 110.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $348K | $314K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 274 | 225 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.0% | +5.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,469 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,038 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 292−1.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,962
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $114.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 92Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 796279 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 747The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $5.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 199,668−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 79,889
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,300 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $64,038+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,114
- Median home value
- $189,700
- Jobs located here
- 82,319
- Daytime population
- 199,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandria, LA | 44 | 493 | 87.4 | $382K | −2.5% | #228 of 387 |
| 2Baton Rouge, LA | 43 | 3,427 | 103.0 | $361K | +2.1% | #240 of 387 |
| 3Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 41 | 1,243 | 118.3 | $340K | +5.3% | #255 of 387 |
| 4Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 38 | 796 | 99.6 | $348K | −3.5% | #276 of 387 |
| 5Monroe, LA | 35 | 812 | 93.3 | $344K | −1.9% | #296 of 387 |
| 6Hammond, LA | 34 | 525 | 101.0 | $328K | +5.8% | #306 of 387 |
| 7Lafayette, LA | 31 | 1,854 | 112.8 | $307K | +3.8% | #330 of 387 |
| 8Lake Charles, LA | 29 | 1,035 | 112.4 | $320K | −3.8% | #338 of 387 |
| 9Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 25 | 1,593 | 101.4 | $327K | −2.3% | #354 of 387 |
| 10New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 9 | 5,929 | 148.8 | $239K | −3.4% | #387 of 387 |
Other business types in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops27
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 796 restaurants and cafes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area. 279 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 292 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 1.0% from 2019. Another 92 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $277.1M a year, or $3,469 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 796 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $348K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 79,889 households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 99.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $348K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area would have about 747, against 796 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 274 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area at 199,668 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 79,889 households. Median household income in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 38 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #276 of 387 scored metro areas.
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