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Restaurants and cafes in Northumberland County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Northumberland County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #385 of 2,405 scored counties
#42 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 49
- 4 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On food away from home · $3,599 a household
- Spending per listing
- $414K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 86.9
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,557
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 restaurants and cafes in Northumberland County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 8%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 86.9 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,599 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Northumberland County spend about $20.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 49 restaurants and cafes, that is $414K per restaurant, 12% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Northumberland County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 434 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $450K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Northumberland County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Northumberland County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Northumberland County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #385 of 2,405 scored counties and #42 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Northumberland 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 | Northumberland County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 86.9 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $414K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 434 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,599 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,480 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 494 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $450K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,557+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,640
- Median age
- 56.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 191 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $66,480+6.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,845
- Median home value
- $346,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,334
- Daytime population
- 8,665Residents 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 |
| 42Northumberland County, VA | 71 | 49 | 86.9 | $414K | +6.1% | #385 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Northumberland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Northumberland County, VA?
Northumberland County has 49 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Northumberland County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $20.3M a year, or $3,599 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $414K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,640 households in Northumberland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Northumberland County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Northumberland County has 86.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $414K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Northumberland County would have about 55, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 434 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Northumberland County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Northumberland County at 12,557 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,640 households. The median household income in Northumberland County is $66,480 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 6.1% 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. Northumberland County scores 71 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #385 of 2,405 scored counties.
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