Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Restaurants and cafes in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area
The restaurants and cafes in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #422 of 538 scored small-town markets
#23 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 266
- 74 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- −9.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.7M
- On food away from home · $2,750 a household
- Spending per listing
- $198K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 138.9
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,319
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Rio Grande City-Roma area is 35 (lower middle), #422 of 538 scored small-town markets and #23 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Rio Grande City-Roma area comes to about $52.7M a year: $2,750 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That is about $198K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Rio Grande City-Roma area has 266 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 74 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 138.9 for every 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Rio Grande City-Roma area in 2023, down 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 330 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Rio Grande City-Roma area grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Rio Grande City-Roma 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 | Rio Grande City-Roma area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 138.9 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $198K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 330 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.4% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,750 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $37,639 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58−9.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,053
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 136Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26674 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 142The 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 the Rio Grande City-Roma 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 Rio Grande City-Roma area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,319+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,157
- Median age
- 30.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,223 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $37,639+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,715
- Median home value
- $95,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,587
- Daytime population
- 54,236Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 23Rio Grande City-Roma, TX | 35 | 266 | 138.9 | $198K | +0.7% | #422 of 538 |
Other business types in the Rio Grande City-Roma area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 266 restaurants and cafes in the Rio Grande City-Roma area. 74 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 9.4% from 2019. Official counts list 136 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $52.7M a year, or $2,750 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 266 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $198K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,157 households in the Rio Grande City-Roma area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Rio Grande City-Roma area has 138.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $198K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Rio Grande City-Roma area would have about 142, against 266 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 330 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Rio Grande City-Roma area at 66,319 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,157 households. Median household income in the Rio Grande City-Roma area is $37,639, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. 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 Rio Grande City-Roma area scores 35 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #422 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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