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Grocery and convenience stores in the Vineland, NJ metro area

How the Vineland, NJ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #328 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey

Listings
151
49 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
66
−7.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$344.5M
On groceries · $6,406 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.1
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,148
+2.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Vineland metro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #328 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 151 grocery and convenience stores in the Vineland metro area. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 28.1 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in the Vineland metro area spend about $344.5M a year on groceries, or $6,406 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in the Vineland metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 815 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $45K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Vineland metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Vineland metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Vineland metro area 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 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Vineland, NJ metro area compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureVineland metro areaNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.119.218.7
Spending per listing$2.3M$3.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment8159061,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.0%+0.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,406$7,393$6,319
Median household income$67,436$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score2960

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
66−7.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,011
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
15149 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
102The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$45K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Vineland 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 Vineland metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
157,148+2.2% since 2020
Households
53,781
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
317
Median household income
$67,436+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,848
Median home value
$221,400
Jobs located here
60,097
Daytime population
148,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New Jersey for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New Jersey (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Vineland metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New Jersey

Metro areas in New Jersey ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Trenton-Princeton, NJ6126718.5$4M+3.3%#121 of 387
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ6165119.2$3.6M+3.0%#122 of 387
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD554,55918.5$3.8M+1.4%#167 of 387
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4914,60619.8$3.7M+0.6%#206 of 387
2Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ3934922.6$3M+0.8%#271 of 387
3Vineland, NJ2915128.1$2.3M+2.2%#328 of 387

Other business types in the Vineland metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Vineland, NJ metro area?

The Vineland metro area has 151 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 49 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 7.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Vineland, NJ metro area spend on groceries?

About $344.5M a year, or $6,406 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 151 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,781 households in the Vineland metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Vineland, NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Vineland metro area has 28.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Vineland metro area would have about 102, against 151 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 815 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Vineland, NJ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Vineland metro area at 157,148 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,781 households. Median household income in the Vineland metro area is $67,436, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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 Vineland metro area scores 29 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #328 of 387 scored metro areas.

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