Food and drink · Small-town market · New Mexico
Sit-down restaurants in the Silver City, NM area
The sit-down restaurants in the Silver City, NM area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #526 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 63
- 22 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.6M
- On food away from home · $3,064 a household
- Spending per listing
- $549K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.8
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,252
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Silver City area scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #526 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 sit-down restaurants in the Silver City area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 55.8 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the Silver City area spend about $34.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,064 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $549K per restaurant, 17% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Silver City area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 513 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Silver City area. Population estimates show the Silver City area declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Silver City area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Silver City area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.8 | 53.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $549K | $670K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 513 | 630 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −3.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,064 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,958 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 220.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 351
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6322 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Silver City 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 Silver City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,252−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,295
- Median age
- 48.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,961 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $44,958+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,954
- Median home value
- $175,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,211
- Daytime population
- 27,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Silver City area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Los Alamos, NM | 86 | 35 | 42.4 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #6 of 538 |
| 2Alamogordo, NM | 70 | 100 | 40.8 | $803K | +3.7% | #74 of 538 |
| 3Española, NM | 68 | 54 | 34.5 | $964K | −1.0% | #85 of 538 |
| 4Las Vegas, NM | 59 | 45 | 32.4 | $942K | −3.2% | #170 of 538 |
| 5Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 58 | 141 | 59.7 | $645K | +0.3% | #190 of 538 |
| 6Hobbs, NM | 37 | 176 | 71.3 | $511K | +0.2% | #412 of 538 |
| 7Clovis, NM | 28 | 139 | 53.4 | $595K | −3.3% | #472 of 538 |
| 8Roswell, NM | 28 | 129 | 54.4 | $581K | −2.7% | #475 of 538 |
| 9Deming, NM | 26 | 56 | 60.7 | $443K | −0.2% | #494 of 538 |
| 10Taos, NM | 24 | 109 | 70.1 | $487K | +0.3% | #502 of 538 |
| 12Silver City, NM | 19 | 63 | 55.8 | $549K | −3.4% | #526 of 538 |
Other business types in the Silver City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants19
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes18
- Bakeries and dessert shops14
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Silver City, NM area?
There are 63 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Silver City area as of September 2026. 22 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Silver City, NM area spend on food away from home?
About $34.6M a year, or $3,064 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $549K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,295 households in the Silver City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Silver City, NM area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Silver City area has 55.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $549K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Silver City area would have about 52, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Silver City, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Silver City area at 27,252 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,295 households. The median household income in the Silver City area is $44,958 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. 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 Silver City area scores 19 for sit-down restaurants (low), #526 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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