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Restaurants and cafes in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #241 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
3,205
736 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
1,549
+6.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On food away from home · $4,488 a household
Spending per listing
$357K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
125.7
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
718,377
+3.0% 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 3,205 restaurants and cafes in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area. 736 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 125.7 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area spend about $1.1B a year on food away from home, or $4,488 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $357K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

In 2023, official counts showed 1,549 businesses with payroll in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 6.6% from 2019. That is one for every 165 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 294 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 51 SBA-backed loans worth $9.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area is 43 (lower middle), #241 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households125.7127.6109.8
Spending per listing$357K$335K$371K
Households per official establishment165172209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.6%+0.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,488$4,270$4,070
Median household income$98,233$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4324

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,549+6.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
18,737
Annual payroll, 2023
$468.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
294Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3,205736 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3,085The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
51
Amount
$9.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
718,377+3.0% since 2020
Households
254,883
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
438
Median household income
$98,233
Average household income
$128,603
Median home value
$393,600
Jobs located here
259,641
Daytime population
650,521Residents 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

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Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area?

There are 3,205 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area as of September 2026. 736 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 1,549 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 6.6% from 2019. Another 294 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area spend on food away from home?

About $1.1B a year, or $4,488 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,205 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $357K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,883 households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area has 125.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $357K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area would have about 3,085, against 3,205 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 165 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area at 718,377 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 254,883 households. The median household income in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area is $98,233 a year, 22% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 43 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #241 of 387 scored metro areas.

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