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Coffee shops and cafes in Lassen County, CA
The coffee shops and cafes in Lassen County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,922 of 2,063 scored counties
#46 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32.3M
- On food away from home · $3,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,117
- −13.1% since 2020
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What this means
Lassen County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,922 of 2,063 scored counties and #46 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Lassen County spend about $32.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,497 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Lassen County has 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.9, 8% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Lassen County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Lassen County from 2020 to 2025 at −13.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lassen County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Lassen County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 14.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,010 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −13.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,497 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,403 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 32 |
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
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Lassen 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 Lassen County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,117−13.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,247
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $67,403+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,989
- Median home value
- $265,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,005
- Daytime population
- 30,176Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 80 | 21 | 7.3 | $5.2M | +8.2% | #110 of 2,063 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 63 | 22 | 10.7 | $4.6M | +8.6% | #503 of 2,063 |
| 3Madera County, CA | 61 | 36 | 7.9 | $4.8M | +7.4% | #562 of 2,063 |
| 4Contra Costa County, CA | 59 | 400 | 9.7 | $5.4M | +0.3% | #638 of 2,063 |
| 5Solano County, CA | 58 | 157 | 10.0 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #690 of 2,063 |
| 6San Joaquin County, CA | 58 | 258 | 10.5 | $4.1M | +5.5% | #699 of 2,063 |
| 7Merced County, CA | 56 | 74 | 8.6 | $4.1M | +5.1% | #777 of 2,063 |
| 8Riverside County, CA | 56 | 837 | 10.8 | $4M | +5.0% | #779 of 2,063 |
| 9Kern County, CA | 50 | 272 | 9.5 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #998 of 2,063 |
| 10Placer County, CA | 50 | 251 | 15.9 | $3.1M | +8.9% | #1,017 of 2,063 |
| 46Lassen County, CA | 23 | 11 | 11.9 | $2.9M | −13.1% | #1,922 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Lassen County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Lassen County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 coffee shops and cafes in Lassen County. 2 of them (18%) 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 Lassen County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lassen County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $32.3M a year, or $3,497 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 9,247 households in Lassen County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lassen County, CA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Lassen County has 11.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.9M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Lassen County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Lassen County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Lassen County at 28,117 people in 2025, down 13.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,247 households. Median household income in Lassen County is $67,403, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. Lassen County scores 23 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,922 of 2,063 scored counties.
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