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Sit-down restaurants in Waller County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Waller County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #230 of 2,405 scored counties
#12 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 107
- 31 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.4M
- On food away from home · $4,111 a household
- Spending per listing
- $705K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,858
- +21.9% since 2020
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What this means
Waller County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #230 of 2,405 scored counties and #12 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Household spending on food away from home in Waller County comes to about $75.4M a year: $4,111 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 107 sit-down restaurants, that is $705K per restaurant, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 107 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Waller County as of September 2026. 31 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 58.3 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Waller County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 1,079 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Waller County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Waller County grew 21.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Waller 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 | Waller County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.3 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $705K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,079 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,111 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,397 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 211
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10731 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Waller 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 Waller County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,858+21.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,342
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 513 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $80,397+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,271
- Median home value
- $318,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,618
- Daytime population
- 57,360Residents 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 Waller 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 |
| 12Waller County, TX | 76 | 107 | 58.3 | $705K | +21.9% | #230 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Waller County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes79
- Sit-down restaurants76
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza86
- Coffee shops and cafes89
- Bakeries and dessert shops90
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Waller County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 107 sit-down restaurants in Waller County. 31 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Waller County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $75.4M a year, or $4,111 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $705K 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 18,342 households in Waller County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Waller County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Waller County has 58.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $705K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Waller County would have about 114, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,079 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Waller County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Waller County at 69,858 people in 2025, up 21.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,342 households. Median household income in Waller County is $80,397, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Waller County scores 76 for sit-down restaurants (high), #230 of 2,405 scored counties.
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