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Sit-down restaurants in the Vineland, NJ metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Vineland, NJ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #265 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey
- Listings
- 330
- 84 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $195.1M
- On food away from home · $3,627 a household
- Spending per listing
- $591K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 61.4
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,148
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Vineland metro area comes to about $195.1M a year: $3,627 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $591K per restaurant, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Vineland metro area has 330 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 61.4, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Vineland metro area in 2023, up 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 648 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $404K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Vineland metro area.
Population estimates show the Vineland metro area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, the Vineland metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #265 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey.
How the Vineland metro area compares
The same measures for New Jersey and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Vineland metro area | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 61.4 | 77.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $591K | $601K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 648 | 435 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.2% | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,627 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,436 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83+1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,418
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33084 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 294The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $404K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Vineland metro 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 Vineland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,148+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 53,781
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 317
- Median household income
- $67,436+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,848
- Median home value
- $221,400
- Jobs located here
- 60,097
- Daytime population
- 148,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Jersey for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New Jersey (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Vineland metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 55 | 15,176 | 61.5 | $708K | +1.4% | #146 of 387 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 54 | 1,926 | 56.7 | $726K | +3.0% | #156 of 387 |
| 1Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 44 | 1,092 | 75.8 | $610K | +3.3% | #240 of 387 |
| 2Vineland, NJ | 42 | 330 | 61.4 | $591K | +2.2% | #265 of 387 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 30 | 60,910 | 82.4 | $559K | +0.6% | #346 of 387 |
| 3Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 22 | 1,898 | 122.9 | $330K | +0.8% | #373 of 387 |
Other business types in the Vineland metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes72
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Vineland, NJ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 330 sit-down restaurants in the Vineland metro area. 84 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.2% from 2019. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Vineland, NJ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $195.1M a year, or $3,627 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 330 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $591K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,781 households in the Vineland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vineland, NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Vineland metro area has 61.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $591K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Vineland metro area would have about 294, against 330 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 648 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Vineland, NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Vineland metro area at 157,148 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,781 households. Median household income in the Vineland metro area is $67,436, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. The Vineland metro area scores 42 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #265 of 387 scored metro areas.
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