Groceries and convenience · County · New Jersey
Convenience stores in Cape May County, NJ
How Cape May County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #819 of 2,261 scored counties
#18 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 35
- 24 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $317.6M
- On groceries · $7,076 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,390
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 convenience stores in Cape May County. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 69%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Cape May County spend about $317.6M a year on groceries, or $7,076 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $9.1M per store, 15% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Cape May County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 2,244 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cape May County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Cape May County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #819 of 2,261 scored counties and #18 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Cape May County compares
The same measures for New Jersey and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores 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 | Cape May County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $10.5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,244 | 2,391 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,076 | $7,393 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $91,128 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 376
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3524 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 convenience stores in Cape May 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 Cape May County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,390−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 44,884
- Median age
- 50.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 377
- Median household income
- $91,128+35.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,129
- Median home value
- $434,600
- Jobs located here
- 34,945
- Daytime population
- 90,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Essex County, NJ | 79 | 158 | 4.9 | $14M | +4.2% | #183 of 2,261 |
| 2Hunterdon County, NJ | 78 | 31 | 6.1 | $13.3M | +2.3% | #212 of 2,261 |
| 3Somerset County, NJ | 78 | 84 | 6.4 | $12.7M | +3.5% | #215 of 2,261 |
| 4Sussex County, NJ | 77 | 42 | 7.3 | $10.5M | +2.9% | #246 of 2,261 |
| 5Morris County, NJ | 76 | 116 | 6.0 | $13.5M | +3.2% | #270 of 2,261 |
| 6Warren County, NJ | 75 | 39 | 8.6 | $8.4M | +3.2% | #298 of 2,261 |
| 7Mercer County, NJ | 74 | 98 | 6.8 | $10.8M | +3.3% | #314 of 2,261 |
| 8Bergen County, NJ | 73 | 207 | 5.8 | $13.4M | +2.4% | #337 of 2,261 |
| 9Ocean County, NJ | 73 | 210 | 8.6 | $8.2M | +5.6% | #350 of 2,261 |
| 10Union County, NJ | 72 | 137 | 6.7 | $11.1M | +5.0% | #360 of 2,261 |
| 18Cape May County, NJ | 58 | 35 | 7.8 | $9.1M | −1.7% | #819 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Cape May County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores47
- Grocery stores47
- Convenience stores58
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Cape May County, NJ?
Cape May County has 35 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Cape May County, NJ spend on groceries?
About $317.6M a year, or $7,076 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,884 households in Cape May County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cape May County, NJ compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Cape May County has 7.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Cape May County would have about 40, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,244 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Cape May County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Cape May County at 93,390 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,884 households. Median household income in Cape May County is $91,128, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.9%, 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. Cape May County scores 58 for convenience stores (upper middle), #819 of 2,261 scored counties.
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