Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · New York
Grocery and convenience stores in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #426 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 163
- 92 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $324.6M
- On groceries · $6,080 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.5
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 124,126
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Jamestown-Dunkirk area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #426 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 163 grocery and convenience stores in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 30.5 per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area comes to about $324.6M a year: $6,080 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area was 42 in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,271 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $491K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area. Population estimates put the population change in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Jamestown-Dunkirk 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 | Jamestown-Dunkirk area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.5 | 20.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,271 | 612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | +1.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,080 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,351 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42+5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16392 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $491K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Jamestown-Dunkirk 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 124,126−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 53,393
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,060 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $58,351+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,000
- Median home value
- $127,900
- Jobs located here
- 44,855
- Daytime population
- 120,603Residents 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 |
| 14Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 34 | 163 | 30.5 | $2M | −2.6% | #426 of 538 |
Other business types in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores34
- Grocery stores36
- Convenience stores41
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area?
The Jamestown-Dunkirk area has 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 92 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area spend on groceries?
About $324.6M a year, or $6,080 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,393 households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Jamestown-Dunkirk area has 30.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Jamestown-Dunkirk area would have about 96, against 163 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,271 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Jamestown-Dunkirk area at 124,126 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 53,393 households. Median household income in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area is $58,351, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk area scores 34 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #426 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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