Food and drink · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Restaurants and cafes in the Hemlock Farms, PA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Hemlock Farms, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 94 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #1 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 181
- 38 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 77
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $96.7M
- On food away from home · $3,985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $534K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 74.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,808
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Hemlock Farms area has a Groundwork market score of 94 (very high): #1 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for restaurants and cafes.
At $3,985 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Hemlock Farms area spend about $96.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 181 restaurants and cafes, that is $534K per restaurant, 44% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 181 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Hemlock Farms area as of September 2026. Of those, 38 are chain locations, or 21%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 74.6, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Hemlock Farms area in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 315 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Hemlock Farms area. Population estimates show the Hemlock Farms area grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hemlock Farms 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 | Hemlock Farms area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 74.6 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $534K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 315 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,985 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,323 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 94 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,018
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18138 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 261The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Hemlock Farms 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 Hemlock Farms area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,808+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,262
- Median age
- 48.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 111
- Median household income
- $81,323
- Average household income
- $103,925
- Median home value
- $272,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,281
- Daytime population
- 47,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Hemlock Farms area marked.
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 |
Other business types in the Hemlock Farms area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes94
- Sit-down restaurants84
- Fast food and sandwich shops94
- Pizza88
- Coffee shops and cafes81
- Bakeries and dessert shops89
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Hemlock Farms, PA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 181 restaurants and cafes in the Hemlock Farms area. 38 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Hemlock Farms, PA area spend on food away from home?
About $96.7M a year, or $3,985 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 181 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $534K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,262 households in the Hemlock Farms area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hemlock Farms, PA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Hemlock Farms area has 74.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $534K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Hemlock Farms area would have about 261, against 181 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 315 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Hemlock Farms, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Hemlock Farms area at 62,808 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,262 households. Median household income in the Hemlock Farms area is $81,323, in line with 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. 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 Hemlock Farms area scores 94 for restaurants and cafes (very high), #1 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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