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Restaurants and cafes in Rains County, TX
The restaurants and cafes in Rains County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,331 of 2,405 scored counties
#73 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 54
- 13 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.4M
- On food away from home · $3,588 a household
- Spending per listing
- $323K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 111.2
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,542
- +11.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 restaurants and cafes in Rains County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 111.2 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,588 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Rains County spend about $17.4M a year on food away from home. That works out to $323K per restaurant, 13% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rains County in 2023. That is one for every 231 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $410K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rains County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rains County grew 11.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Rains County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,331 of 2,405 scored counties and #73 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Rains 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 | Rains County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 111.2 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $323K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 231 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,588 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,413 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 226
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rains 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 Rains County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,542+11.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,856
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 230 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $65,413+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,573
- Median home value
- $241,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,214
- Daytime population
- 10,866Residents 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 |
| 73Rains County, TX | 47 | 54 | 111.2 | $323K | +11.2% | #1,331 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Rains County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants41
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops50
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Rains County, TX?
There are 54 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Rains County as of September 2026. 13 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rains County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $17.4M a year, or $3,588 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $323K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,856 households in Rains County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rains County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Rains County has 111.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $323K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Rains County would have about 47, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 231 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Rains County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Rains County at 13,542 people in 2025, up 11.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,856 households. The median household income in Rains County is $65,413 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. 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. Rains County scores 47 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,331 of 2,405 scored counties.
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