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Sit-down restaurants in Milam County, TX
The sit-down restaurants in Milam County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,059 of 2,405 scored counties
#58 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 56
- 17 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.3M
- On food away from home · $3,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $631K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.2
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,258
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 56 sit-down restaurants in Milam County. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 55.2 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Milam County comes to about $35.3M a year: $3,480 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $631K per restaurant, 5% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Milam County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 725 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $468K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Milam County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Milam County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Milam County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,059 of 2,405 scored counties and #58 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Milam 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 | Milam County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.2 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $631K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 725 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,480 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,141 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 178
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5617 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $468K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Milam 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 Milam County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,258+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,152
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,016 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $66,141+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,925
- Median home value
- $189,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,807
- Daytime population
- 19,537Residents 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 Milam 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 |
| 58Milam County, TX | 53 | 56 | 55.2 | $631K | +6.0% | #1,059 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Milam County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza72
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Milam County, TX?
Milam County has 56 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Milam County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $35.3M a year, or $3,480 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $631K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,152 households in Milam County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Milam County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Milam County has 55.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $631K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Milam County would have about 53, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 725 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Milam County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Milam County at 26,258 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,152 households. The median household income in Milam County is $66,141 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Milam County scores 53 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,059 of 2,405 scored counties.
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