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Sit-down restaurants in Navarro County, TX
How Navarro County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #881 of 2,405 scored counties
#46 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 108
- 46 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.6M
- On food away from home · $3,445 a household
- Spending per listing
- $607K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.7
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,181
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,445 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Navarro County spend about $65.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $607K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 108 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Navarro County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 56.7 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Navarro County in 2023. That is one for every 1,002 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Navarro County grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Navarro County is 57 (upper middle), #881 of 2,405 scored counties and #46 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Navarro 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 | Navarro County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.7 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $607K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,002 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,445 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,111 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 390
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10846 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 99The 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 Navarro 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 Navarro County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,181+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,044
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,010 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $63,111+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,595
- Median home value
- $172,600
- Jobs located here
- 15,923
- Daytime population
- 46,358Residents 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 |
| 46Navarro County, TX | 57 | 108 | 56.7 | $607K | +8.2% | #881 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Navarro County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Navarro County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 108 sit-down restaurants in Navarro County. 46 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Navarro County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $65.6M a year, or $3,445 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $607K 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 19,044 households in Navarro County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Navarro County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Navarro County has 56.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $607K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Navarro County would have about 99, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,002 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Navarro County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Navarro County at 57,181 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,044 households. Median household income in Navarro County is $63,111, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. Navarro County scores 57 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #881 of 2,405 scored counties.
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