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Restaurants and cafes in Hidalgo County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Hidalgo County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 21
- 6 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On food away from home · $3,062 a household
- Spending per listing
- $216K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 142.1
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,929
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 restaurants and cafes in Hidalgo County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 29%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 142.1 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Hidalgo County comes to about $4.5M a year: $3,062 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $216K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Hidalgo County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hidalgo County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hidalgo County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Hidalgo County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 142.1 | 96.8 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $216K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 246 | 239 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,062 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,882 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,929−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,478
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $48,882
- Average household income
- $65,510
- Median home value
- $111,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,079
- Daytime population
- 3,486Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 90 | 317 | 55.7 | $731K | +6.9% | #23 of 2,405 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 78 | 61 | 74.0 | $747K | 0.0% | #165 of 2,405 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 73 | 185 | 67.1 | $499K | +7.2% | #314 of 2,405 |
| 4Torrance County, NM | 67 | 46 | 76.0 | $418K | +6.9% | #497 of 2,405 |
| 5Rio Arriba County, NM | 63 | 96 | 61.4 | $542K | −1.0% | #627 of 2,405 |
| 6Otero County, NM | 62 | 188 | 76.8 | $427K | +3.7% | #683 of 2,405 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 60 | 661 | 77.9 | $420K | +4.1% | #765 of 2,405 |
| 8San Miguel County, NM | 47 | 82 | 68.7 | $444K | −3.2% | #1,297 of 2,405 |
| 9Eddy County, NM | 45 | 254 | 107.5 | $358K | +0.3% | #1,408 of 2,405 |
| 10Roosevelt County, NM | 42 | 55 | 73.9 | $411K | −2.8% | #1,517 of 2,405 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | Not scored | 21 | 142.1 | $216K | −5.6% |
Other business types in Hidalgo County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Hidalgo County, NM?
Hidalgo County has 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Hidalgo County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $4.5M a year, or $3,062 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $216K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,478 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hidalgo County, NM compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Hidalgo County has 142.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $216K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Hidalgo County would have about 12, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Hidalgo County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 3,929 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,478 households. The median household income in Hidalgo County is $48,882 a year, 39% 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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