Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Maryland
Grocery and convenience stores in the Cumberland, MD-WV area
How the Cumberland, MD-WV area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #352 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland
- Listings
- 74
- 37 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +6.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $215.3M
- On groceries · $5,592 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,640
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Cumberland area comes to about $215.3M a year: $5,592 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 74 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Cumberland area has 74 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 37 are chain locations, or 50%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.2, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Cumberland area was 31 in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,242 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $60K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Cumberland area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cumberland area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Cumberland area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #352 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland.
How the Cumberland area compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and 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 | Cumberland area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,242 | 1,129 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.9% | +6.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,592 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,091 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31+6.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 886
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7437 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $60K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Cumberland 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 Cumberland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,640−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 38,502
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 750 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 126
- Median household income
- $62,091+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,556
- Median home value
- $161,600
- Jobs located here
- 34,329
- Daytime population
- 91,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ocean Pines, MD | 44 | 76 | 31.5 | $2M | +3.7% | #346 of 538 |
| 2Cumberland, MD-WV | 43 | 74 | 19.2 | $2.9M | −1.3% | #352 of 538 |
| 3Easton, MD | 42 | 53 | 32.3 | $2M | +2.0% | #365 of 538 |
| 4Cambridge, MD | 34 | 46 | 34.0 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #427 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cumberland area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores43
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores43
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Cumberland, MD-WV area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 74 grocery and convenience stores in the Cumberland area. 37 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cumberland, MD-WV area spend on groceries?
About $215.3M a year, or $5,592 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,502 households in the Cumberland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cumberland, MD-WV area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Cumberland area has 19.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Cumberland area would have about 64, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,242 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cumberland, MD-WV area growing?
Population estimates put the Cumberland area at 93,640 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,502 households. The median household income in the Cumberland area is $62,091 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cumberland area scores 43 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #352 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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