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Restaurants and cafes in Falls County, TX

The restaurants and cafes in Falls County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #653 of 2,405 scored counties
#33 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
53
13 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.7M
On food away from home · $3,263 a household
Spending per listing
$391K
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
83.5
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,869
+5.5% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Falls County comes to about $20.7M a year: $3,263 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 53 restaurants and cafes, that is $391K per restaurant, 5% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

Falls County has 53 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 83.5 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Falls County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 529 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Falls County grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Falls County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #653 of 2,405 scored counties and #33 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Falls County 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Falls County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFalls CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households83.5120.5109.8
Spending per listing$391K$329K$371K
Households per official establishment529207209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,263$3,970$4,070
Median household income$57,247$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6345

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 12
Employees, 2023
151
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5313 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The 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 Falls 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 Falls County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,869+5.5% since 2020
Households
6,344
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
766 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$57,247+44.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,153
Median home value
$110,900
Jobs located here
2,692
Daytime population
12,728Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Falls County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX8653381.5$516K+15.8%#54 of 2,405
2Clay County, TX843172.3$534K+5.0%#78 of 2,405
3San Jacinto County, TX835651.5$666K+7.1%#85 of 2,405
4Wilson County, TX7915585.2$497K+12.2%#158 of 2,405
5Waller County, TX7918399.8$412K+21.9%#162 of 2,405
6Parker County, TX7851090.4$504K+23.5%#179 of 2,405
7Wise County, TX7525199.9$422K+21.5%#251 of 2,405
8Williamson County, TX742,51699.7$478K+22.3%#273 of 2,405
9Fannin County, TX7411791.6$404K+9.2%#282 of 2,405
10Randall County, TX7347383.3$477K+7.9%#319 of 2,405
33Falls County, TX635383.5$391K+5.5%#653 of 2,405

Other business types in Falls County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Falls County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 restaurants and cafes in Falls County. 13 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Falls County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $20.7M a year, or $3,263 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $391K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,344 households in Falls County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Falls County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Falls County has 83.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $391K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Falls County would have about 56, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 529 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Falls County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Falls County at 17,869 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,344 households. Median household income in Falls County is $57,247, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.9%, 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. Falls County scores 63 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #653 of 2,405 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Falls County

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