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Sit-down restaurants in Burnet County, TX
The sit-down restaurants in Burnet County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,290 of 2,405 scored counties
#72 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 137
- 36 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $82.8M
- On food away from home · $3,948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $604K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.3
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,015
- +15.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,948 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Burnet County spend about $82.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 137 sit-down restaurants, that is $604K per restaurant, 9% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Burnet County has 137 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 65.3 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Burnet County was 48 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 437 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $182K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Burnet County.
Population estimates put the population change in Burnet County from 2020 to 2025 at +15.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Burnet County is 48 (lower middle), #1,290 of 2,405 scored counties and #72 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Burnet 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 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 | Burnet County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.3 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $604K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 437 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,948 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,732 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48 → 480.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 675
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13736 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 125The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $182K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Burnet 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 Burnet County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,015+15.2% since 2020
- Households
- 20,969
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 995 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $78,732+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,846
- Median home value
- $344,000
- Jobs located here
- 16,131
- Daytime population
- 43,265Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Texas, with Burnet County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 88 | 263 | 40.2 | $1M | +15.8% | #44 of 2,405 |
| 2Wilson County, TX | 86 | 79 | 43.4 | $975K | +12.2% | #58 of 2,405 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 26 | 23.9 | $1.4M | +7.1% | #82 of 2,405 |
| 4Johnson County, TX | 83 | 300 | 45.8 | $878K | +20.5% | #89 of 2,405 |
| 5Parker County, TX | 82 | 274 | 48.5 | $938K | +23.5% | #98 of 2,405 |
| 6Clay County, TX | 81 | 16 | 37.3 | $1M | +5.0% | #116 of 2,405 |
| 7Randall County, TX | 81 | 227 | 40.0 | $993K | +7.9% | #118 of 2,405 |
| 8Wise County, TX | 80 | 128 | 50.9 | $828K | +21.5% | #132 of 2,405 |
| 9Kaufman County, TX | 79 | 266 | 52.2 | $788K | +42.2% | #154 of 2,405 |
| 10Hardin County, TX | 78 | 92 | 41.4 | $926K | +4.2% | #175 of 2,405 |
| 72Burnet County, TX | 48 | 137 | 65.3 | $604K | +15.2% | #1,290 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Burnet County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza81
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Burnet County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 137 sit-down restaurants in Burnet County. 36 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Burnet County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $82.8M a year, or $3,948 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 137 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $604K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,969 households in Burnet County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Burnet County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Burnet County has 65.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $604K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Burnet County would have about 125, against 137 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 437 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 Burnet County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Burnet County at 57,015 people in 2025, up 15.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,969 households. Median household income in Burnet County is $78,732, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.3%, 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. Burnet County scores 48 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,290 of 2,405 scored counties.
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