Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · New York
Grocery and convenience stores in the Corning, NY area
How the Corning, NY 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #288 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 95
- 37 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $248.6M
- On groceries · $6,340 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.2
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,855
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,340 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Corning area spend about $248.6M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.6M per store, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Corning area has 95 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 24.2 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corning area in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,265 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corning area.
Population estimates show the Corning area declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Corning area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #288 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.
How the Corning area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Corning area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.2 | 20.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,265 | 612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.3% | +1.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,340 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,887 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31+3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,045
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9537 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corning 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 Corning area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,855−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 39,219
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $65,887+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,852
- Median home value
- $137,900
- Jobs located here
- 35,180
- Daytime population
- 89,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Batavia, NY | 71 | 46 | 18.5 | $3.5M | +0.2% | #65 of 538 |
| 2Auburn, NY | 70 | 65 | 20.6 | $3.1M | −2.3% | #79 of 538 |
| 3Gloversville, NY | 63 | 46 | 20.1 | $3.1M | −1.6% | #145 of 538 |
| 4Plattsburgh, NY | 59 | 72 | 21.5 | $3M | −2.0% | #187 of 538 |
| 5Olean, NY | 54 | 62 | 19.4 | $3.1M | −2.1% | #244 of 538 |
| 6Seneca Falls, NY | 54 | 35 | 25.7 | $2.5M | −1.7% | #250 of 538 |
| 7Cortland, NY | 53 | 40 | 21.1 | $3M | −1.9% | #254 of 538 |
| 8Oneonta, NY | 52 | 70 | 30.2 | $2.1M | +3.8% | #274 of 538 |
| 9Corning, NY | 49 | 95 | 24.2 | $2.6M | −1.6% | #288 of 538 |
| 10Amsterdam, NY | 47 | 59 | 30.1 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #317 of 538 |
Other business types in the Corning area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores53
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 Corning, NY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 95 grocery and convenience stores in the Corning area. 37 of them (39%) 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 3.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Corning, NY area spend on groceries?
About $248.6M a year, or $6,340 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,219 households in the Corning area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corning, NY area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Corning area has 24.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Corning area would have about 73, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,265 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Corning, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Corning area at 91,855 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 39,219 households. The median household income in the Corning area is $65,887 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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 Corning area scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #288 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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