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Restaurants and cafes in Terry County, TX
How Terry 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 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,386 of 2,405 scored counties
#158 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 60
- 20 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.3M
- On food away from home · $3,106 a household
- Spending per listing
- $222K
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 139.6
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,720
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Terry County is 12 (low), #2,386 of 2,405 scored counties and #158 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 60 restaurants and cafes in Terry County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 139.6 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,106 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Terry County spend about $13.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $222K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Terry County was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 187 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2M has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Terry County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Terry County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Terry 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 | Terry County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 139.6 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $222K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 187 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,106 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,100 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 285
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6020 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Terry 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 Terry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,720−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,297
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 889 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $44,100−1.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,174
- Median home value
- $105,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,045
- Daytime population
- 9,966Residents 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 |
| 158Terry County, TX | 12 | 60 | 139.6 | $222K | −0.6% | #2,386 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Terry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes12
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops9
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes18
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Terry County, TX?
Terry County has 60 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Terry County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $13.3M a year, or $3,106 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $222K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,297 households in Terry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Terry County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Terry County has 139.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $222K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Terry County would have about 36, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 187 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Terry County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Terry County at 11,720 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,297 households. The median household income in Terry County is $44,100 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 1.2% 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. Terry County scores 12 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,386 of 2,405 scored counties.
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