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Restaurants and cafes in Blair County, PA
The restaurants and cafes in Blair County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,936 of 2,405 scored counties
#59 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 480
- 174 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 229
- +5.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $173.8M
- On food away from home · $3,438 a household
- Spending per listing
- $362K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 94.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 119,541
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Blair County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,936 of 2,405 scored counties and #59 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,438 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Blair County spend about $173.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $362K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 480 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Blair County as of September 2026. 174 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 94.9, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 229 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Blair County in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. That is one for every 221 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Blair County. Population estimates put the population change in Blair County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Blair County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Blair County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 94.9 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $362K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 221 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.5% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,438 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,382 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 217 → 229+5.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,401
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $79.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 480174 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 469The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Blair County, 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 Blair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 119,541−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,558
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 525 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 231
- Median household income
- $62,382+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,561
- Median home value
- $161,100
- Jobs located here
- 57,420
- Daytime population
- 126,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 83 | 181 | 74.6 | $534K | +7.2% | #95 of 2,405 |
| 2Perry County, PA | 82 | 103 | 56.3 | $685K | +2.1% | #101 of 2,405 |
| 3Chester County, PA | 77 | 1,940 | 94.7 | $549K | +4.2% | #199 of 2,405 |
| 4Lebanon County, PA | 75 | 405 | 71.4 | $541K | +2.2% | #243 of 2,405 |
| 5York County, PA | 75 | 1,502 | 82.7 | $488K | +3.6% | #248 of 2,405 |
| 6Butler County, PA | 74 | 674 | 83.4 | $507K | +3.2% | #269 of 2,405 |
| 7Franklin County, PA | 72 | 485 | 76.4 | $501K | +3.0% | #342 of 2,405 |
| 8Juniata County, PA | 71 | 43 | 47.6 | $741K | −0.3% | #355 of 2,405 |
| 9Fulton County, PA | 70 | 38 | 59.9 | $586K | −0.6% | #393 of 2,405 |
| 10Lancaster County, PA | 68 | 1,883 | 88.5 | $467K | +1.9% | #452 of 2,405 |
| 59Blair County, PA | 32 | 480 | 94.9 | $362K | −2.5% | #1,936 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Blair County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops28
- Pizza17
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Blair County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 480 restaurants and cafes in Blair County. 174 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 229 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Blair County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $173.8M a year, or $3,438 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 480 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $362K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,558 households in Blair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blair County, PA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Blair County has 94.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $362K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Blair County would have about 469, against 480 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 221 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Blair County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Blair County at 119,541 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,558 households. Median household income in Blair County is $62,382, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. 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. Blair County scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,936 of 2,405 scored counties.
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