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Restaurants and cafes in Accomack County, VA
The restaurants and cafes in Accomack County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,067 of 2,405 scored counties
#96 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 153
- 24 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $48.1M
- On food away from home · $3,332 a household
- Spending per listing
- $315K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 105.9
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,859
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Accomack County is 29 (lower middle), #2,067 of 2,405 scored counties and #96 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 153 restaurants and cafes in Accomack County. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 16%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 105.9 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Accomack County comes to about $48.1M a year: $3,332 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $315K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Accomack County was 66 in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Accomack County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Accomack County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Accomack County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 105.9 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $315K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 219 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,332 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,993 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60 → 66+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 656
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15324 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Accomack 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 Accomack County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,859+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,446
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 449 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $58,993+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,387
- Median home value
- $204,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,376
- Daytime population
- 28,876Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 96 | 56 | 54.1 | $930K | +17.4% | #3 of 2,405 |
| 2Fluvanna County, VA | 94 | 36 | 34.9 | $1.2M | +6.2% | #4 of 2,405 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 93 | 63 | 52.6 | $773K | +11.3% | #9 of 2,405 |
| 4Powhatan County, VA | 92 | 59 | 52.1 | $895K | +7.0% | #11 of 2,405 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 92 | 57 | 61.5 | $783K | +21.2% | #12 of 2,405 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 92 | 85 | 54.6 | $745K | +13.6% | #14 of 2,405 |
| 7King George County, VA | 91 | 66 | 65.1 | $731K | +10.5% | #18 of 2,405 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 90 | 245 | 69.2 | $636K | +8.8% | #28 of 2,405 |
| 9Stafford County, VA | 89 | 369 | 70.5 | $758K | +8.3% | #29 of 2,405 |
| 10Dinwiddie County, VA | 87 | 39 | 36.6 | $1M | +3.6% | #38 of 2,405 |
| 96Accomack County, VA | 29 | 153 | 105.9 | $315K | +1.4% | #2,067 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Accomack County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants24
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes39
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Accomack County, VA?
There are 153 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Accomack County as of September 2026. 24 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Accomack County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $48.1M a year, or $3,332 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 153 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $315K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,446 households in Accomack County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Accomack County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Accomack County has 105.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $315K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Accomack County would have about 130, against 153 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Accomack County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Accomack County at 33,859 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,446 households. The median household income in Accomack County is $58,993 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. Accomack County scores 29 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,067 of 2,405 scored counties.
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