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Restaurants and cafes in Snyder County, PA
How Snyder County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,773 of 2,405 scored counties
#53 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 145
- 62 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 68
- −9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.6M
- On food away from home · $3,535 a household
- Spending per listing
- $356K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.3
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,655
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Snyder County comes to about $51.6M a year: $3,535 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 145 restaurants and cafes, that is $356K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 145 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Snyder County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 99.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Snyder County was 68 in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 215 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Snyder County.
Population estimates put the population change in Snyder County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Snyder County is 36 (lower middle), #1,773 of 2,405 scored counties and #53 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Snyder 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 | Snyder County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.3 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $356K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 215 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.3% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,535 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,876 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 75 → 68−9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,437
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14562 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 139The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Snyder 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 Snyder County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,655−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,600
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $66,876+13.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,472
- Median home value
- $215,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,607
- Daytime population
- 38,522Residents 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 |
| 53Snyder County, PA | 36 | 145 | 99.3 | $356K | −0.2% | #1,773 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Snyder County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops33
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Snyder County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 145 restaurants and cafes in Snyder County. 62 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Snyder County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $51.6M a year, or $3,535 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 145 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $356K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,600 households in Snyder County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Snyder County, PA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Snyder County has 99.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $356K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Snyder County would have about 139, against 145 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 215 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Snyder County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Snyder County at 39,655 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,600 households. Median household income in Snyder County is $66,876, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.4%, 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. Snyder County scores 36 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,773 of 2,405 scored counties.
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