Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Restaurants and cafes in the Bonham, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Bonham, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #14 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 117
- 45 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.3M
- On food away from home · $3,702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $404K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 91.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,265
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Bonham area has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #14 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for restaurants and cafes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 117 restaurants and cafes in the Bonham area. Of those, 45 are chain locations, or 38%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 91.6 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in the Bonham area spend about $47.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,702 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $404K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bonham area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 426 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bonham area. 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 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 | Bonham area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 91.6 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $404K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 426 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| 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 score | 85 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 300.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 684
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11745 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 128The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $4.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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.
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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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonham, TX | 85 | 117 | 91.6 | $404K | +9.2% | #14 of 538 |
| 2Granbury, TX | 72 | 255 | 99.9 | $408K | +13.6% | #70 of 538 |
| 3Andrews, TX | 68 | 65 | 95.0 | $403K | +1.6% | #95 of 538 |
| 4Jacksonville, TX | 66 | 172 | 94.6 | $359K | +5.4% | #115 of 538 |
| 5Corsicana, TX | 64 | 191 | 100.3 | $343K | +8.2% | #136 of 538 |
| 6Huntsville, TX | 54 | 250 | 96.1 | $321K | +9.5% | #230 of 538 |
| 7Gainesville, TX | 51 | 199 | 120.4 | $319K | +6.5% | #257 of 538 |
| 8Paris, TX | 49 | 254 | 101.6 | $329K | +2.6% | #271 of 538 |
| 9Sulphur Springs, TX | 49 | 158 | 112.8 | $317K | +6.1% | #272 of 538 |
| 10Athens, TX | 48 | 365 | 108.7 | $320K | +7.5% | #282 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bonham area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes85
- Sit-down restaurants80
- Fast food and sandwich shops79
- Pizza86
- Coffee shops and cafes70
- Bakeries and dessert shops70
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Bonham, TX area?
There are 117 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Bonham area as of September 2026. 45 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 14 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 117 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $404K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
The Bonham area has 91.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $404K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Bonham area would have about 128, against 117 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 426 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for 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 85 for restaurants and cafes (high), #14 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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