Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Convenience stores in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area
The convenience stores in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #128 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 280
- 175 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 110
- +27.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.3B
- On groceries · $6,896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.4M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 887,615
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area spend about $2.3B a year on groceries, or $6,896 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 280 convenience stores, that is $8.4M per store, 6% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area has 280 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 175 are chain locations, or 63%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 110 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area in 2023, up 27.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,088 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #128 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.
How the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.4M | $8.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,088 | 3,482 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.9% | +27.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,896 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $84,587 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 110+27.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 492
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 280175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 297The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 887,615+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 339,656
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 601
- Median household income
- $84,587+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,676
- Median home value
- $300,800
- Jobs located here
- 385,046
- Daytime population
- 840,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambersburg, PA | 80 | 40 | 6.3 | $10.6M | +3.0% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Gettysburg, PA | 78 | 27 | 6.6 | $10.3M | +3.6% | #27 of 387 |
| 3Lancaster, PA | 76 | 148 | 7.0 | $10M | +1.9% | #33 of 387 |
| 4York-Hanover, PA | 76 | 137 | 7.5 | $9.1M | +3.6% | #35 of 387 |
| 5Lebanon, PA | 73 | 35 | 6.2 | $10.8M | +2.2% | #45 of 387 |
| 6Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 69 | 195 | 7.9 | $8.6M | +4.2% | #67 of 387 |
| 7State College, PA | 66 | 41 | 6.9 | $9.5M | −0.4% | #83 of 387 |
| 8Reading, PA | 64 | 144 | 8.8 | $7.6M | +2.7% | #102 of 387 |
| 9Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 60 | 280 | 8.2 | $8.4M | +3.0% | #128 of 387 |
| 10Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 59 | 1,761 | 7.1 | $9.8M | +1.4% | #137 of 387 |
Other business types in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores61
- Grocery stores63
- Convenience stores60
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 the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 280 convenience stores in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area. 175 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 110 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 27.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area spend on groceries?
About $2.3B a year, or $6,896 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 280 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.4M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 339,656 households in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area has 8.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.4M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area would have about 297, against 280 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,088 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area at 887,615 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 339,656 households. The median household income in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area is $84,587 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area scores 60 for convenience stores (upper middle), #128 of 387 scored metro areas.
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