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Sit-down restaurants in Matagorda County, TX
The sit-down restaurants in Matagorda County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,258 of 2,405 scored counties
#144 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 120
- 36 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.9M
- On food away from home · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $432K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 77.7
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,463
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Matagorda County is 23 (low), #2,258 of 2,405 scored counties and #144 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Matagorda County comes to about $51.9M a year: $3,359 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $432K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Matagorda County has 120 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 77.7, 27% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Matagorda County was 31 in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 498 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show Matagorda County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Matagorda 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 | Matagorda County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 77.7 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $432K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 498 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.3% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,359 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,628 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 31+3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 385
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12036 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 78The 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 Matagorda 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 Matagorda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,463+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,439
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,093 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,037
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,447
- Daytime population
- 29,261Residents 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 Matagorda 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 |
| 144Matagorda County, TX | 23 | 120 | 77.7 | $432K | +0.5% | #2,258 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Matagorda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops43
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Matagorda County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 120 sit-down restaurants in Matagorda County. 36 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Matagorda County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $51.9M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $432K 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 15,439 households in Matagorda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Matagorda County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Matagorda County has 77.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $432K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Matagorda County would have about 78, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 498 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Matagorda County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Matagorda County at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. Median household income in Matagorda County is $58,628, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Matagorda County scores 23 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,258 of 2,405 scored counties.
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