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Sit-down restaurants in Cameron County, PA

How Cameron County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.5M
On food away from home · $2,953 a household
Spending per listing
$595K
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
49.6
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,211
−7.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 sit-down restaurants in Cameron County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 49.6 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

At $2,953 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Cameron County spend about $6.5M a year on food away from home. Spread across 11 sit-down restaurants, that is $595K per restaurant, 10% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Cameron County in 2023. That is one for every 277 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Cameron County from 2020 to 2025 at −7.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Cameron 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 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Cameron County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCameron CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households49.653.761.3
Spending per listing$595K$740K$664K
Households per official establishment277559500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−7.0%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,953$3,973$4,070
Median household income$50,573$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
50
Annual payroll, 2023
$697K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 full-service restaurants in Cameron 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 Cameron County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,211−7.0% since 2020
Households
2,216
Median age
52.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
396 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$50,573
Average household income
$64,008
Median home value
$88,900
Jobs located here
1,492
Daytime population
4,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Cameron County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Perry County, PA795228.4$1.4M+2.1%#137 of 2,405
2Lebanon County, PA7919334.0$1.1M+2.2%#146 of 2,405
3York County, PA7977042.4$952K+3.6%#151 of 2,405
4Butler County, PA7734442.6$993K+3.2%#197 of 2,405
5Pike County, PA759840.4$987K+7.2%#244 of 2,405
6Chester County, PA741,07452.4$991K+4.2%#272 of 2,405
7Adams County, PA7316941.4$967K+3.6%#302 of 2,405
8Lancaster County, PA7292743.6$950K+1.9%#322 of 2,405
9Fulton County, PA701930.0$1.2M−0.6%#361 of 2,405
10Cumberland County, PA6855952.5$797K+6.5%#438 of 2,405
Cameron County, PANot scored1149.6$595K−7.0%

Other business types in Cameron County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Cameron County, PA?

Cameron County has 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.

How much do households in Cameron County, PA spend on food away from home?

About $6.5M a year, or $2,953 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $595K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,216 households in Cameron County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cameron County, PA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Cameron County has 49.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $595K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Cameron County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 277 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Cameron County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Cameron County at 4,211 people in 2025, down 7.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,216 households. The median household income in Cameron County is $50,573 a year, 37% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Cameron County

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