Food and drink · Small-town market · Arkansas
Coffee shops and cafes in the Forrest City, AR area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Forrest City, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #505 of 529 scored small-town markets
#12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.6M
- On food away from home · $2,773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, the Forrest City area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #505 of 529 scored small-town markets and #12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 coffee shops and cafes in the Forrest City area. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $2,773 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in the Forrest City area spend about $21.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.6M per cafe, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in the Forrest City area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Forrest City area 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 | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $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 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,773 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 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
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 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 the Forrest City 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 Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Forrest City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Malvern, AR | 67 | 6 | 4.9 | $6.4M | +1.1% | #77 of 529 |
| 2Paragould, AR | 59 | 16 | 8.9 | $3.6M | +3.4% | #174 of 529 |
| 3Pine Bluff, AR | 56 | 14 | 5.2 | $5.9M | −5.6% | #200 of 529 |
| 4Russellville, AR | 55 | 22 | 6.7 | $4.8M | +1.6% | #213 of 529 |
| 5Searcy, AR | 43 | 26 | 8.8 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #336 of 529 |
| 6Mountain Home, AR | 42 | 17 | 8.8 | $3.4M | +3.1% | #349 of 529 |
| 7Batesville, AR | 41 | 14 | 9.6 | $3.4M | +2.2% | #359 of 529 |
| 8Magnolia, AR | 37 | 6 | 7.1 | $4.4M | −3.7% | #399 of 529 |
| 9Harrison, AR | 36 | 22 | 11.9 | $2.6M | +2.4% | #423 of 529 |
| 10El Dorado, AR | 34 | 14 | 9.3 | $3.4M | −5.2% | #440 of 529 |
| 12Forrest City, AR | 23 | 6 | 7.7 | $3.6M | −5.3% | #505 of 529 |
Other business types in the Forrest City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants17
- Fast food and sandwich shops11
- Pizza19
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
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 the Forrest City, AR area?
There are 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Forrest City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on food away from home?
About $21.6M a year, or $2,773 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Forrest City area has 7.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.6M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. 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 Forrest City area scores 23 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #505 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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