Food and drink · Small-town market · Arizona
Coffee shops and cafes in the Payson, AZ area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Payson, AZ area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #317 of 529 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Arizona
- Listings
- 26
- 9 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $79.1M
- On food away from home · $3,345 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,801
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Payson area comes to about $79.1M a year: $3,345 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per cafe, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 26 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Payson area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Payson area in 2023. That is one for every 2,365 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Payson area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Payson area is 45 (lower middle), #317 of 529 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Arizona.
How the Payson area compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops 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 | Payson area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,365 | 1,640 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.0% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,345 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,986 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 269 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Payson 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in the Payson area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,801+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,645
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,972
- Median home value
- $269,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,608
- Daytime population
- 48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arizona for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Payson area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Safford, AZ | 72 | 7 | 5.5 | $6.3M | +4.0% | #42 of 529 |
| 2Nogales, AZ | 57 | 14 | 8.3 | $3.9M | +4.8% | #194 of 529 |
| 3Payson, AZ | 45 | 26 | 11.0 | $3M | +0.9% | #317 of 529 |
| 4Show Low, AZ | 45 | 50 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #320 of 529 |
Other business types in the Payson area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza61
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops63
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Payson, AZ area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 coffee shops and cafes in the Payson area. 9 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Payson, AZ area spend on food away from home?
About $79.1M a year, or $3,345 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,645 households in the Payson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Payson, AZ area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Payson area has 11.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Payson area would have about 21, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,365 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Payson, AZ area growing?
Population estimates put the Payson area at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. Median household income in the Payson area is $61,986, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Payson area scores 45 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #317 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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