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Sit-down restaurants in Liberty County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Liberty County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #690 of 2,405 scored counties
#39 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 183
- 55 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +29.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $112.8M
- On food away from home · $3,616 a household
- Spending per listing
- $616K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.7
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 121,364
- +31.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Liberty County comes to about $112.8M a year: $3,616 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $616K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Liberty County has 183 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 55 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 58.7 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in Liberty County classed as full-service restaurants, up 29.6% from 2019. That is one for every 891 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Liberty County.
Population estimates put the population change in Liberty County from 2020 to 2025 at +31.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Liberty County is 62 (upper middle), #690 of 2,405 scored counties and #39 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Liberty 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 | Liberty County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.7 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $616K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 891 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.6% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +31.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,616 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,703 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 35+29.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 557
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18355 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 170The 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 121,364+31.3% since 2020
- Households
- 31,183
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $68,703+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,482
- Median home value
- $181,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,343
- Daytime population
- 79,956Residents 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 Liberty 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 |
| 39Liberty County, TX | 62 | 183 | 58.7 | $616K | +31.3% | #690 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Liberty County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza72
- Coffee shops and cafes78
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Liberty County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 183 sit-down restaurants in Liberty County. 55 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 29.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Liberty County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $112.8M a year, or $3,616 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 183 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $616K 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 31,183 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Liberty County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Liberty County has 58.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $616K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Liberty County would have about 170, against 183 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 891 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Liberty County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Liberty County at 121,364 people in 2025, up 31.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,183 households. Median household income in Liberty County is $68,703, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.4%, 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. Liberty County scores 62 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #690 of 2,405 scored counties.
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