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Sit-down restaurants in Taylor County, TX
How Taylor 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,504 of 2,405 scored counties
#85 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 314
- 120 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 107
- +20.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $194.1M
- On food away from home · $3,533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $618K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.2
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,077
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 314 sit-down restaurants in Taylor County. 120 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 57.2 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,533 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Taylor County spend about $194.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $618K per restaurant, 7% 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 107 businesses with payroll in Taylor County classed as full-service restaurants, up 20.2% from 2019. That is one for every 513 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Taylor County.
Population estimates put the population change in Taylor County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Taylor County is 43 (lower middle), #1,504 of 2,405 scored counties and #85 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Taylor 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 | Taylor County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.2 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $618K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 513 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.2% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,533 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,139 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 89 → 107+20.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,830
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 314120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 293The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Taylor 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 Taylor County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,077+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 54,934
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 916 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $67,139+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,419
- Median home value
- $198,600
- Jobs located here
- 64,893
- Daytime population
- 148,613Residents 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 Taylor 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 |
| 85Taylor County, TX | 43 | 314 | 57.2 | $618K | +4.6% | #1,504 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Taylor County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops31
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Taylor County, TX?
There are 314 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Taylor County as of September 2026. 120 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 20.2% from 2019. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Taylor County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $194.1M a year, or $3,533 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 314 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $618K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,934 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taylor County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Taylor County has 57.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $618K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Taylor County would have about 293, against 314 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Taylor County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Taylor County at 150,077 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,934 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $67,139 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Taylor County scores 43 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,504 of 2,405 scored counties.
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