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Restaurants and cafes in Clearfield County, PA
The restaurants and cafes in Clearfield County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,598 of 2,405 scored counties
#45 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 272
- 71 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 126
- +3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $108.3M
- On food away from home · $3,330 a household
- Spending per listing
- $398K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 83.6
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,100
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Clearfield County spend about $108.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,330 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $398K per restaurant, 7% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Clearfield County has 272 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 71 are chain locations, or 26%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 83.6, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 126 businesses with payroll in Clearfield County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 258 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $90K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clearfield County.
Population estimates show Clearfield County declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Clearfield County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,598 of 2,405 scored counties and #45 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Clearfield 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 | Clearfield County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 83.6 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $398K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 258 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.3% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,330 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,152 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 122 → 126+3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,835
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27271 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 292The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,100−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,518
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $62,152+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,117
- Median home value
- $137,000
- Jobs located here
- 27,162
- Daytime population
- 75,318Residents 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 |
| 45Clearfield County, PA | 40 | 272 | 83.6 | $398K | −2.9% | #1,598 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clearfield County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes40
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Clearfield County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 272 restaurants and cafes in Clearfield County. 71 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Clearfield County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $108.3M a year, or $3,330 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 272 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $398K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,518 households in Clearfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clearfield County, PA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Clearfield County has 83.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $398K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Clearfield County would have about 292, against 272 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 258 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Clearfield County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Clearfield County at 78,100 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,518 households. Median household income in Clearfield County is $62,152, 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. Clearfield County scores 40 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,598 of 2,405 scored counties.
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