Food and drink · Metro area · Texas
Restaurants and cafes in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area
The restaurants and cafes in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #316 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 245
- 70 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- +6.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $54.9M
- On food away from home · $3,035 a household
- Spending per listing
- $224K
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 135.5
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,823
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Eagle Pass metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #316 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on food away from home in the Eagle Pass metro area comes to about $54.9M a year: $3,035 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 245 restaurants and cafes, that is $224K per restaurant, 40% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 245 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Eagle Pass metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 70 are chain locations, or 29%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 135.5 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Eagle Pass metro area was 62 in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 292 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Eagle Pass metro area. 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 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 | Eagle Pass metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 135.5 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $224K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 292 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.9% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,035 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,568 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62+6.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,332
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 81Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24570 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 66 | 11,883 | 120.1 | $379K | +14.0% | #90 of 387 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 632 | 114.4 | $325K | +12.8% | #151 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 55 | 820 | 117.8 | $369K | +9.8% | #158 of 387 |
| 4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 52 | 34,506 | 119.3 | $359K | +10.6% | #181 of 387 |
| 5Killeen-Temple, TX | 52 | 1,763 | 99.2 | $357K | +7.2% | #182 of 387 |
| 6Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 49 | 32,354 | 121.6 | $338K | +10.3% | #201 of 387 |
| 7Odessa, TX | 48 | 685 | 106.1 | $348K | +5.0% | #204 of 387 |
| 8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 44 | 11,594 | 119.8 | $323K | +9.5% | #234 of 387 |
| 9Wichita Falls, TX | 40 | 546 | 96.2 | $364K | +0.7% | #259 of 387 |
| 10Longview, TX | 35 | 1,166 | 107.8 | $324K | +3.8% | #299 of 387 |
| 14Eagle Pass, TX | 33 | 245 | 135.5 | $224K | +1.7% | #316 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
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants34
- Fast food and sandwich shops25
- Pizza57
- Coffee shops and cafes47
- Bakeries and dessert shops18
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 245 restaurants and cafes in the Eagle Pass metro area. 70 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 81 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $54.9M a year, or $3,035 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 245 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $224K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
The Eagle Pass metro area has 135.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $224K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Eagle Pass metro area would have about 148, against 245 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 292 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for 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 33 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #316 of 387 scored metro areas.
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