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Sit-down restaurants in Kleberg County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Kleberg County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,377 of 2,405 scored counties
#157 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 72
- 25 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,246 a household
- Spending per listing
- $534K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,315
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Kleberg County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #2,377 of 2,405 scored counties and #157 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Kleberg County spend about $38.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,246 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $534K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Kleberg County has 72 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 60.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Kleberg County in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 370 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kleberg County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kleberg 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 | Kleberg County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.7 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $534K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 370 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,246 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,292 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 32+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 448
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7225 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,315−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,853
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $61,292+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,637
- Median home value
- $161,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,003
- Daytime population
- 27,479Residents 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 Kleberg 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 |
| 157Kleberg County, TX | 14 | 72 | 60.7 | $534K | −2.2% | #2,377 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Kleberg County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes13
- Sit-down restaurants14
- Fast food and sandwich shops12
- Pizza32
- Coffee shops and cafes34
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Kleberg County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 72 sit-down restaurants in Kleberg County. 25 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kleberg County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,246 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 72 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $534K 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 11,853 households in Kleberg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kleberg County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Kleberg County has 60.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $534K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Kleberg County would have about 58, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 370 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Kleberg County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Kleberg County at 30,315 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,853 households. Median household income in Kleberg County is $61,292, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.2%, 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. Kleberg County scores 14 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,377 of 2,405 scored counties.
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