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Restaurants and cafes in the Kingston, NY metro area

The restaurants and cafes in the Kingston, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #321 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
936
172 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
474
+7.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$311.4M
On food away from home · $4,193 a household
Spending per listing
$333K
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
126.0
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
183,330
+1.1% 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

For restaurants and cafes, the Kingston metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #321 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $4,193 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Kingston metro area spend about $311.4M a year on food away from home. That works out to $333K per restaurant, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

The Kingston metro area has 936 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 172 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 126.0 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts show 474 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kingston metro area in 2023, up 7.2% from 2019. That is one for every 157 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kingston metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingston metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Kingston metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Kingston, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKingston metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households126.0127.6109.8
Spending per listing$333K$335K$371K
Households per official establishment157172209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.2%+0.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,193$4,270$4,070
Median household income$86,271$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3224

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
474+7.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
5,049
Annual payroll, 2023
$136.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
59Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
936172 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
840The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$2.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kingston 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 Kingston metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
183,330+1.1% since 2020
Households
74,278
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,124 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$86,271+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,353
Median home value
$352,500
Jobs located here
57,240
Daytime population
161,256Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY593,829100.0$420K+1.9%#133 of 387
2Rochester, NY534,28796.2$403K−0.7%#168 of 387
3Syracuse, NY492,69499.3$388K−1.3%#196 of 387
4Binghamton, NY4790188.0$405K−1.3%#205 of 387
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY464,96999.1$382K−0.8%#215 of 387
6Elmira, NY4331489.0$391K−3.9%#236 of 387
7Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY433,205125.7$357K+3.0%#241 of 387
8Ithaca, NY35496114.6$342K−1.4%#297 of 387
9Utica-Rome, NY341,19098.4$368K−2.0%#302 of 387
10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ34101,299137.0$336K+0.6%#305 of 387
11Kingston, NY32936126.0$333K+1.1%#321 of 387

Other business types in the Kingston metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in the Kingston, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 936 restaurants and cafes in the Kingston metro area. 172 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 474 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 7.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Kingston, NY metro area spend on food away from home?

About $311.4M a year, or $4,193 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 936 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $333K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,278 households in the Kingston metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kingston, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

The Kingston metro area has 126.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $333K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Kingston metro area would have about 840, against 936 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 157 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kingston, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kingston metro area at 183,330 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,278 households. Median household income in the Kingston metro area is $86,271, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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 Kingston metro area scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #321 of 387 scored metro areas.

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