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Coffee shops and cafes in Ashley County, AR
How Ashley County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On food away from home · $2,750 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 17,831
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,750 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in Ashley County spend about $20.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $10.1M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Ashley County as of September 2026. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ashley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ashley County declined 5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Ashley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ashley County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Ashley County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.1M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,013 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +49.4% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,750 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,266 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Ashley 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in Ashley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,831−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,356
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $44,266−1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,274
- Median home value
- $91,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,531
- Daytime population
- 17,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 78 | 31 | 6.2 | $6.1M | +7.6% | #137 of 2,063 |
| 2Lonoke County, AR | 67 | 23 | 8.1 | $4.5M | +3.5% | #385 of 2,063 |
| 3Benton County, AR | 65 | 124 | 11.1 | $3.9M | +16.0% | #449 of 2,063 |
| 4Hot Spring County, AR | 63 | 6 | 4.9 | $6.4M | +1.1% | #493 of 2,063 |
| 5Miller County, AR | 60 | 7 | 4.3 | $7M | −0.5% | #587 of 2,063 |
| 6Jefferson County, AR | 54 | 13 | 5.4 | $5.6M | −5.7% | #833 of 2,063 |
| 7Cleburne County, AR | 54 | 8 | 7.6 | $4.1M | +3.9% | #852 of 2,063 |
| 8Greene County, AR | 54 | 16 | 8.9 | $3.6M | +3.4% | #863 of 2,063 |
| 9Logan County, AR | 53 | 6 | 7.0 | $4.7M | +2.5% | #881 of 2,063 |
| 10Crawford County, AR | 53 | 24 | 10.3 | $3.2M | +4.1% | #916 of 2,063 |
| Ashley County, AR | Not scored | 2 | 2.7 | $10.1M | −5.9% |
Other business types in Ashley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes46
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops6
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Ashley County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 coffee shops and cafes in Ashley County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ashley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ashley County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $20.2M a year, or $2,750 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $10.1M 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 7,356 households in Ashley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashley County, AR compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Ashley County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Ashley County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Ashley County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Ashley County at 17,831 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,356 households. Median household income in Ashley County is $44,266, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 1.1%, 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. Ashley County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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