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Coffee shops and cafes in Poinsett County, AR
How Poinsett 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 · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,709 of 2,063 scored counties
#31 of 44 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On food away from home · $2,861 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,483
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Poinsett County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,709 of 2,063 scored counties and #31 of 44 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Poinsett County spend about $25.2M a year on food away from home, or $2,861 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.2M per cafe, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Poinsett County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Poinsett County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Poinsett County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Poinsett 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 | Poinsett County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $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 | −2.0% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,861 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,707 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 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
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Poinsett 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 Poinsett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,483−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,792
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $46,707+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,546
- Median home value
- $103,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,545
- Daytime population
- 19,127Residents 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 Poinsett 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 |
| 31Poinsett County, AR | 31 | 6 | 6.8 | $4.2M | −2.0% | #1,709 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Poinsett County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza24
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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 Poinsett County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 coffee shops and cafes in Poinsett County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Poinsett County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Poinsett County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $25.2M a year, or $2,861 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 8,792 households in Poinsett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Poinsett County, AR compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Poinsett County has 6.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.2M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Poinsett County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Poinsett County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Poinsett County at 22,483 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,792 households. Median household income in Poinsett County is $46,707, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Poinsett County scores 31 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,709 of 2,063 scored counties.
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