Food and drink · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Restaurants and cafes in the Bradford, PA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Bradford, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #342 of 538 scored small-town markets
#17 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 153
- 35 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 64
- −3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $55M
- On food away from home · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $359K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 93.5
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,984
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Bradford area spend about $55M a year on food away from home, or $3,359 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $359K per restaurant, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Bradford area has 153 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 93.5 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bradford area was 64 in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 256 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 $410K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bradford area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bradford area declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, the Bradford area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #342 of 538 scored small-town markets and #17 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Bradford area 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 | Bradford area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 93.5 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $359K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 256 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.0% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,359 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,905 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 64−3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 784
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Bradford 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 Bradford area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,984−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,369
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 980 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,905+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,484
- Median home value
- $104,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,613
- Daytime population
- 37,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 94 | 181 | 74.6 | $534K | +7.2% | #1 of 538 |
| 2Sayre, PA | 72 | 179 | 72.7 | $480K | −0.6% | #64 of 538 |
| 3Pottsville, PA | 71 | 521 | 89.8 | $391K | +1.5% | #77 of 538 |
| 4Sunbury, PA | 67 | 353 | 77.2 | $450K | −1.7% | #102 of 538 |
| 5Lock Haven, PA | 67 | 128 | 83.0 | $409K | +1.3% | #104 of 538 |
| 6Huntingdon, PA | 66 | 122 | 74.7 | $466K | −2.4% | #107 of 538 |
| 7Oil City, PA | 65 | 147 | 68.7 | $480K | −2.0% | #118 of 538 |
| 8Lewistown, PA | 63 | 138 | 74.6 | $444K | 0.0% | #138 of 538 |
| 9Warren, PA | 60 | 119 | 73.8 | $448K | −3.8% | #163 of 538 |
| 10Lewisburg, PA | 56 | 141 | 96.9 | $394K | −0.8% | #199 of 538 |
| 17Bradford, PA | 43 | 153 | 93.5 | $359K | −3.5% | #342 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bradford area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Bradford, PA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 153 restaurants and cafes in the Bradford area. 35 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bradford, PA area spend on food away from home?
About $55M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 153 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $359K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,369 households in the Bradford area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bradford, PA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Bradford area has 93.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $359K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Bradford area would have about 148, against 153 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 256 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bradford, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bradford area at 38,984 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,369 households. Median household income in the Bradford area is $62,905, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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 Bradford area scores 43 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #342 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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