Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Restaurants and cafes in the Kingsville, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Kingsville, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #531 of 538 scored small-town markets
#38 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 152
- 64 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- +10.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,246 a household
- Spending per listing
- $253K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 128.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,315
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Kingsville area scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #531 of 538 scored small-town markets and #38 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Kingsville area spend about $38.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,246 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 152 restaurants and cafes, that is $253K per restaurant, 32% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Kingsville area has 152 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 128.2 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 63 businesses with payroll in the Kingsville area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 188 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kingsville area. Population estimates put the population change in the Kingsville area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Kingsville 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 | Kingsville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 128.2 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $253K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 188 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.5% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,246 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,292 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63+10.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,302
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15264 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kingsville 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 Kingsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,315−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,853
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $61,292
- Average household income
- $72,637
- Median home value
- $161,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,003
- Daytime population
- 27,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Kingsville area marked.
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 |
| 38Kingsville, TX | 14 | 152 | 128.2 | $253K | −2.2% | #531 of 538 |
Other business types in the Kingsville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes14
- Sit-down restaurants17
- Fast food and sandwich shops12
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Kingsville, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 152 restaurants and cafes in the Kingsville area. 64 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kingsville, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,246 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 152 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $253K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,853 households in the Kingsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsville, TX area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Kingsville area has 128.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $253K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Kingsville area would have about 104, against 152 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 188 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsville area at 30,315 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,853 households. Median household income in the Kingsville area is $61,292, 24% 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. 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 Kingsville area scores 14 for restaurants and cafes (low), #531 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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