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Restaurants and cafes in Cumberland County, PA
The restaurants and cafes in Cumberland County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #494 of 2,405 scored counties
#12 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 1,021
- 383 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 456
- +2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $445.5M
- On food away from home · $4,186 a household
- Spending per listing
- $436K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 95.9
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 277,270
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,021 restaurants and cafes in Cumberland County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 95.9, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,186 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Cumberland County spend about $445.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $436K per restaurant, 18% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Cumberland County was 456 in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 79 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $10.4M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Cumberland County.
Population estimates put the population change in Cumberland County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Cumberland County is 67 (upper middle), #494 of 2,405 scored counties and #12 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cumberland 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 | Cumberland County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 95.9 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $436K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 233 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.7% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,186 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $87,494 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 444 → 456+2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,243
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $176.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 79Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,021383 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,202The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $10.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 277,270+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 106,427
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 546 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 492
- Median household income
- $87,494+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,877
- Median home value
- $277,600
- Jobs located here
- 138,979
- Daytime population
- 287,576Residents 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 |
| 12Cumberland County, PA | 67 | 1,021 | 95.9 | $436K | +6.5% | #494 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Cumberland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants68
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza57
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Cumberland County, PA?
There are 1,021 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Cumberland County as of September 2026. 383 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 456 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 79 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cumberland County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $445.5M a year, or $4,186 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,021 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $436K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 106,427 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cumberland County, PA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Cumberland County has 95.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $436K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 1,202, against 1,021 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cumberland County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Cumberland County at 277,270 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 106,427 households. The median household income in Cumberland County is $87,494 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Cumberland County scores 67 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #494 of 2,405 scored counties.
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