Food and drink · Small-town market · Maryland
Restaurants and cafes in the Easton, MD area
The restaurants and cafes in the Easton, MD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #379 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland
- Listings
- 239
- 64 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 92
- −8.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $68.6M
- On food away from home · $4,173 a household
- Spending per listing
- $287K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 145.4
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,238
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 239 restaurants and cafes in the Easton area. 64 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 145.4, 32% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Easton area comes to about $68.6M a year: $4,173 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $287K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Easton area was 92 in 2023, down 8.0% from 2019. That is one for every 179 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $209K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Easton area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Easton area grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Easton area is 40 (lower middle), #379 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland.
How the Easton area compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | Easton area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 145.4 | 95.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $287K | $481K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 179 | 226 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.0% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,173 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,811 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 92−8.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,597
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23964 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 185The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $209K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Easton 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 Easton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,238+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,433
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,276
- Median home value
- $409,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,017
- Daytime population
- 37,878Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cambridge, MD | 60 | 139 | 102.6 | $339K | +3.4% | #172 of 538 |
| 2Cumberland, MD-WV | 48 | 350 | 90.9 | $363K | −1.3% | #277 of 538 |
| 3Easton, MD | 40 | 239 | 145.4 | $287K | +2.0% | #379 of 538 |
| 4Ocean Pines, MD | 35 | 839 | 347.6 | $117K | +3.7% | #424 of 538 |
Other business types in the Easton area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes40
- Sit-down restaurants40
- Fast food and sandwich shops72
- Pizza68
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Easton, MD area?
There are 239 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Easton area as of September 2026. 64 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 92 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 8.0% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Easton, MD area spend on food away from home?
About $68.6M a year, or $4,173 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 239 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $287K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in the Easton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Easton, MD area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Easton area has 145.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $287K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Easton area would have about 185, against 239 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 179 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Easton, MD area growing?
Population estimates put the Easton area at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in the Easton area is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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 Easton area scores 40 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #379 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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