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Coffee shops and cafes in Hempstead County, AR
The coffee shops and cafes in Hempstead County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On food away from home · $2,919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,080
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 coffee shops and cafes in Hempstead County. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.
Households in Hempstead County spend about $21.8M a year on food away from home, or $2,919 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 coffee shops and cafes, that is $10.9M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Hempstead County in 2023. That is one for every 2,493 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
Population estimates put the population change in Hempstead County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Hempstead County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hempstead 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 | Hempstead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.9M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,493 | 2,013 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +49.4% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,919 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,787 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $246K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All 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 Hempstead 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 Hempstead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,080−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,479
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $46,787+9.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,285
- Median home value
- $105,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,836
- Daytime population
- 19,457Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Hempstead County marked.
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 |
| Hempstead County, AR | Not scored | 2 | 2.7 | $10.9M | −4.6% |
Other business types in Hempstead County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops18
- Pizza19
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Hempstead County, AR?
Hempstead County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.
How much do households in Hempstead County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $21.8M a year, or $2,919 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $10.9M 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 7,479 households in Hempstead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hempstead County, AR compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Hempstead County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Hempstead County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,493 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Hempstead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hempstead County at 19,080 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,479 households. The median household income in Hempstead County is $46,787 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.2% 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. 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. Hempstead County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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