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Sit-down restaurants in Scurry County, TX
How Scurry 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,274 of 2,405 scored counties
#147 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 41
- 13 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On food away from home · $3,458 a household
- Spending per listing
- $496K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 69.8
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,162
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Scurry County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,274 of 2,405 scored counties and #147 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Scurry County spend about $20.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,458 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $496K per restaurant, 25% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Scurry County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 69.8 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Scurry County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 534 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Scurry County. Population estimates show Scurry County declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Scurry 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 | Scurry County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 69.8 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $496K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 534 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,458 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,039 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 149
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Scurry 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 Scurry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,162−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 5,876
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 905 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $60,039+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,140
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,916
- Daytime population
- 15,922Residents 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 |
| 147Scurry County, TX | 22 | 41 | 69.8 | $496K | −4.5% | #2,274 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Scurry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes17
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza20
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Scurry County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 41 sit-down restaurants in Scurry County. 13 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Scurry County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $20.3M a year, or $3,458 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $496K 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 5,876 households in Scurry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scurry County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Scurry County has 69.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $496K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Scurry County would have about 31, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 534 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Scurry County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Scurry County at 16,162 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,876 households. Median household income in Scurry County is $60,039, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.5%, 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. Scurry County scores 22 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,274 of 2,405 scored counties.
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