Food and drink · Metro area · New Jersey
Restaurants and cafes in the Vineland, NJ metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Vineland, NJ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey
- Listings
- 540
- 162 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 207
- +6.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $195.1M
- On food away from home · $3,627 a household
- Spending per listing
- $361K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 100.4
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,148
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Vineland metro area comes to about $195.1M a year: $3,627 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 540 restaurants and cafes, that is $361K per restaurant, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Vineland metro area has 540 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 100.4 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 207 businesses with payroll in the Vineland metro area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 6.2% from 2019. That is one for every 260 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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%). The Vineland metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #189 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey.
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 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 | Vineland metro area | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 100.4 | 126.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $361K | $371K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 260 | 188 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.2% | +5.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,627 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,436 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 207+6.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 540162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 526The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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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Top metro areas in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 62 | 3,527 | 103.8 | $396K | +3.0% | #116 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 60 | 26,413 | 107.0 | $407K | +1.4% | #128 of 387 |
| 1Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 54 | 1,756 | 121.8 | $379K | +3.3% | #164 of 387 |
| 2Vineland, NJ | 51 | 540 | 100.4 | $361K | +2.2% | #189 of 387 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 34 | 101,299 | 137.0 | $336K | +0.6% | #305 of 387 |
| 3Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 22 | 3,257 | 210.9 | $193K | +0.8% | #367 of 387 |
Other business types in the Vineland metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes72
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Vineland, NJ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 540 restaurants and cafes in the Vineland metro area. 162 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 207 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 6.2% from 2019. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Vineland, NJ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $195.1M a year, or $3,627 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 540 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $361K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
The Vineland metro area has 100.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $361K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Vineland metro area would have about 526, against 540 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 260 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% 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 51 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #189 of 387 scored metro areas.
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