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Restaurants and cafes in Morris County, TX
How Morris County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,551 of 2,405 scored counties
#84 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 48
- 16 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.3M
- On food away from home · $3,126 a household
- Spending per listing
- $319K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 98.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,133
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Morris County spend about $15.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,126 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $319K per restaurant, 14% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Morris County has 48 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 98.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Morris County in 2023. That is one for every 408 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Morris County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Morris County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,551 of 2,405 scored counties and #84 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Morris 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.
| Measure | Morris County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 98.1 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $319K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 408 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,126 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,645 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4816 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Morris 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 Morris County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,133+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,895
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $58,645+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,742
- Median home value
- $120,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,234
- Daytime population
- 10,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 86 | 533 | 81.5 | $516K | +15.8% | #54 of 2,405 |
| 2Clay County, TX | 84 | 31 | 72.3 | $534K | +5.0% | #78 of 2,405 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 56 | 51.5 | $666K | +7.1% | #85 of 2,405 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 79 | 155 | 85.2 | $497K | +12.2% | #158 of 2,405 |
| 5Waller County, TX | 79 | 183 | 99.8 | $412K | +21.9% | #162 of 2,405 |
| 6Parker County, TX | 78 | 510 | 90.4 | $504K | +23.5% | #179 of 2,405 |
| 7Wise County, TX | 75 | 251 | 99.9 | $422K | +21.5% | #251 of 2,405 |
| 8Williamson County, TX | 74 | 2,516 | 99.7 | $478K | +22.3% | #273 of 2,405 |
| 9Fannin County, TX | 74 | 117 | 91.6 | $404K | +9.2% | #282 of 2,405 |
| 10Randall County, TX | 73 | 473 | 83.3 | $477K | +7.9% | #319 of 2,405 |
| 84Morris County, TX | 42 | 48 | 98.1 | $319K | +1.3% | #1,551 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Morris County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops16
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Morris County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 restaurants and cafes in Morris County. 16 of them (33%) 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morris County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $15.3M a year, or $3,126 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $319K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,895 households in Morris County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morris County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Morris County has 98.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $319K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Morris County would have about 41, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 408 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Morris County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Morris County at 12,133 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,895 households. Median household income in Morris County is $58,645, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.8%, 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. Morris County scores 42 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,551 of 2,405 scored counties.
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