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Grocery and convenience stores in the Seneca Falls, NY area

The grocery and convenience stores in the Seneca Falls, NY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #250 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
35
10 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.1M
On groceries · $6,331 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.7
37% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,883
−1.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 grocery and convenience stores in the Seneca Falls area. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 25.7 for every 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,331 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Seneca Falls area spend about $86.1M a year on groceries. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Seneca Falls area in 2023. That is one for every 1,701 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show the Seneca Falls area declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, the Seneca Falls area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #250 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.

How the Seneca Falls 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Seneca Falls, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSeneca Falls areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.720.418.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,7016121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,331$6,985$6,319
Median household income$68,089$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5439

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
256
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3510 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls area

Population, 2025 estimate
32,883−1.7% since 2020
Households
13,606
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
324 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$68,089+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,874
Median home value
$155,400
Jobs located here
11,145
Daytime population
30,768Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across New York

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New York, with the Seneca Falls area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Batavia, NY714618.5$3.5M+0.2%#65 of 538
2Auburn, NY706520.6$3.1M−2.3%#79 of 538
3Gloversville, NY634620.1$3.1M−1.6%#145 of 538
4Plattsburgh, NY597221.5$3M−2.0%#187 of 538
5Olean, NY546219.4$3.1M−2.1%#244 of 538
6Seneca Falls, NY543525.7$2.5M−1.7%#250 of 538
7Cortland, NY534021.1$3M−1.9%#254 of 538
8Oneonta, NY527030.2$2.1M+3.8%#274 of 538
9Corning, NY499524.2$2.6M−1.6%#288 of 538
10Amsterdam, NY475930.1$2.1M+1.1%#317 of 538

Other business types in the Seneca Falls area

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Seneca Falls, NY area?

There are 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Seneca Falls area as of September 2026. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Seneca Falls, NY area spend on groceries?

About $86.1M a year, or $6,331 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 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,606 households in the Seneca Falls area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Seneca Falls, NY area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Seneca Falls area has 25.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Seneca Falls area would have about 25, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,701 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is the Seneca Falls, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Seneca Falls area at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. Median household income in the Seneca Falls area is $68,089, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Seneca Falls area scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #250 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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