Food and drink · Metro area · Texas
Sit-down restaurants in the Tyler, TX metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Tyler, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #253 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 554
- 228 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 151
- +11.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $314.3M
- On food away from home · $3,780 a household
- Spending per listing
- $567K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 66.6
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,549
- +7.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Tyler metro area comes to about $314.3M a year: $3,780 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $567K per restaurant, 15% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Tyler metro area has 554 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 228 are chain locations, or 41%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 66.6 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 151 businesses with payroll in the Tyler metro area classed as full-service restaurants, up 11.0% from 2019. That is one for every 551 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Tyler metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tyler metro area grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Tyler metro area is 43 (lower middle), #253 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Tyler metro area 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 | Tyler metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 66.6 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $567K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 551 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.0% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,780 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,192 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 151+11.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,689
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $106.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 554228 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 474The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Tyler metro area, 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 the Tyler metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,549+7.8% since 2020
- Households
- 83,134
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 922 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 262
- Median household income
- $74,192+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,956
- Median home value
- $240,700
- Jobs located here
- 111,630
- Daytime population
- 252,433Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Tyler metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 65 | 6,730 | 68.0 | $669K | +14.0% | #84 of 387 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 360 | 65.2 | $571K | +12.8% | #142 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 55 | 459 | 65.9 | $660K | +9.8% | #148 of 387 |
| 4Killeen-Temple, TX | 55 | 958 | 53.9 | $657K | +7.2% | #149 of 387 |
| 5Wichita Falls, TX | 52 | 282 | 49.7 | $705K | +0.7% | #171 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 51 | 20,183 | 69.8 | $614K | +10.6% | #183 of 387 |
| 7Odessa, TX | 51 | 393 | 60.9 | $607K | +5.0% | #184 of 387 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 47 | 18,794 | 70.6 | $582K | +10.3% | #218 of 387 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 45 | 786 | 55.9 | $630K | +4.6% | #233 of 387 |
| 10San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 44 | 6,545 | 67.6 | $572K | +9.5% | #241 of 387 |
| 11Tyler, TX | 43 | 554 | 66.6 | $567K | +7.8% | #253 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tyler metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes38
- Bakeries and dessert shops32
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Tyler, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 554 sit-down restaurants in the Tyler metro area. 228 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 151 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tyler, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $314.3M a year, or $3,780 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 554 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $567K 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 83,134 households in the Tyler metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tyler, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Tyler metro area has 66.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $567K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Tyler metro area would have about 474, against 554 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 551 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tyler, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tyler metro area at 252,549 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,134 households. Median household income in the Tyler metro area is $74,192, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. The Tyler metro area scores 43 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #253 of 387 scored metro areas.
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