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Sit-down restaurants in Maverick County, TX
The sit-down restaurants in Maverick County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,859 of 2,405 scored counties
#112 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 149
- 38 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $54.9M
- On food away from home · $3,035 a household
- Spending per listing
- $368K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 82.4
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,823
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Maverick County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,859 of 2,405 scored counties and #112 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Maverick County comes to about $54.9M a year: $3,035 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $368K per restaurant, 45% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 149 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Maverick County as of September 2026. Of those, 38 are chain locations, or 26%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 82.4 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Maverick County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,004 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show Maverick County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Maverick 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 | Maverick County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 82.4 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $368K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,004 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,035 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,568 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14938 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 83The 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 Maverick 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 Maverick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,823+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 18,080
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,280 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $49,568+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,509
- Median home value
- $158,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,329
- Daytime population
- 51,575Residents 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 |
| 112Maverick County, TX | 35 | 149 | 82.4 | $368K | +1.7% | #1,859 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Maverick County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes31
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops24
- Pizza54
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Maverick County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 149 sit-down restaurants in Maverick County. 38 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Maverick County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $54.9M a year, or $3,035 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $368K 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 18,080 households in Maverick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Maverick County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Maverick County has 82.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $368K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Maverick County would have about 83, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,004 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Maverick County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Maverick County at 58,823 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,080 households. Median household income in Maverick County is $49,568, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Maverick County scores 35 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,859 of 2,405 scored counties.
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