Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Sit-down restaurants in the Bonham, TX area
The sit-down restaurants in the Bonham, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #19 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 64
- 23 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.3M
- On food away from home · $3,702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $738K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.1
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,265
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Bonham area is 80 (high), #19 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for sit-down restaurants.
As of September 2026, map listings count 64 sit-down restaurants in the Bonham area. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 50.1 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,702 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Bonham area spend about $47.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $738K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 11% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Bonham area classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 982 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Bonham area. Population estimates put the population change in the Bonham area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Bonham 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 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 | Bonham area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.1 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $738K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 982 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,702 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,295 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 209
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6423 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Bonham 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 Bonham area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,265+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 12,767
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 878 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $72,295+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,771
- Median home value
- $233,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,151
- Daytime population
- 28,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Bonham area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonham, TX | 80 | 64 | 50.1 | $738K | +9.2% | #19 of 538 |
| 2Granbury, TX | 74 | 134 | 52.5 | $776K | +13.6% | #52 of 538 |
| 3Andrews, TX | 69 | 38 | 55.5 | $690K | +1.6% | #83 of 538 |
| 4Corsicana, TX | 64 | 108 | 56.7 | $607K | +8.2% | #128 of 538 |
| 5Jacksonville, TX | 63 | 94 | 51.7 | $657K | +5.4% | #138 of 538 |
| 6Paris, TX | 56 | 119 | 47.6 | $702K | +2.6% | #209 of 538 |
| 7Lufkin, TX | 53 | 175 | 54.2 | $615K | +1.9% | #242 of 538 |
| 8Gainesville, TX | 53 | 105 | 63.5 | $605K | +6.5% | #243 of 538 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 51 | 130 | 50.0 | $618K | +9.5% | #260 of 538 |
| 10Kerrville, TX | 49 | 126 | 55.7 | $657K | +2.5% | #274 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bonham area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes85
- Sit-down restaurants80
- Fast food and sandwich shops79
- Pizza86
- Coffee shops and cafes70
- Bakeries and dessert shops70
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Bonham, TX area?
The Bonham area has 64 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bonham, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $47.3M a year, or $3,702 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $738K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,767 households in the Bonham area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bonham, TX area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Bonham area has 50.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $738K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Bonham area would have about 71, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 982 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bonham, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Bonham area at 39,265 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,767 households. The median household income in the Bonham area is $72,295 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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 Bonham area scores 80 for sit-down restaurants (high), #19 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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