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Sit-down restaurants in Hill County, TX
How Hill County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,251 of 2,405 scored counties
#71 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 96
- 36 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.1M
- On food away from home · $3,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $490K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 69.7
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,503
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Hill County comes to about $47.1M a year: $3,419 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 96 sit-down restaurants, that is $490K per restaurant, 26% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 96 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Hill County as of September 2026. 36 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 69.7, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Hill County in 2023. That is one for every 810 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $445K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Hill County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hill County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Hill County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,251 of 2,405 scored counties and #71 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Hill 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 | Hill County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 69.7 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $490K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 810 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,419 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,591 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 298
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9636 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
- $445K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Hill 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 Hill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,503+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 13,767
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 959 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $64,591+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,851
- Median home value
- $179,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,342
- Daytime population
- 31,456Residents 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 | 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 |
| 71Hill County, TX | 49 | 96 | 69.7 | $490K | +9.8% | #1,251 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Hill County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes56
- Bakeries and dessert shops49
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Hill County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 96 sit-down restaurants in Hill County. 36 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hill County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $47.1M a year, or $3,419 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 96 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $490K 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 13,767 households in Hill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hill County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Hill County has 69.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $490K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Hill County would have about 71, against 96 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 810 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Hill County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hill County at 39,503 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,767 households. Median household income in Hill County is $64,591, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Hill County scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,251 of 2,405 scored counties.
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