Food and drink · Small-town market · Florida
Coffee shops and cafes in the Okeechobee, FL area
How the Okeechobee, FL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #85 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 12
- 5 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $48.8M
- On food away from home · $3,228 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,608
- +7.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 coffee shops and cafes in the Okeechobee area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 42%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in the Okeechobee area spend about $48.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,228 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per cafe, 10% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Okeechobee area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 3,778 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Okeechobee area grew 7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Okeechobee area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #85 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Okeechobee area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Okeechobee area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 3,778 | 1,910 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,228 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,984 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $337K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 125 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,608+7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,113
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 769 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,029
- Median home value
- $193,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,546
- Daytime population
- 37,214Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Florida for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Okeechobee area marked.
Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arcadia, FL | 74 | 5 | 3.9 | $7.6M | +8.8% | #30 of 529 |
| 2Okeechobee, FL | 67 | 12 | 7.9 | $4.1M | +7.4% | #85 of 529 |
| 3Clewiston, FL | 62 | 16 | 8.6 | $3.8M | +18.8% | #139 of 529 |
| 4Palatka, FL | 61 | 26 | 8.3 | $3.6M | +5.9% | #156 of 529 |
| 5Lake City, FL | 57 | 24 | 8.7 | $3.8M | +6.2% | #195 of 529 |
| 6Key West-Key Largo, FL | 26 | 119 | 34.6 | $1.2M | −2.9% | #497 of 529 |
Other business types in the Okeechobee area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza73
- Coffee shops and cafes67
- Bakeries and dessert shops72
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Okeechobee, FL area?
The Okeechobee area has 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 4 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Okeechobee, FL area spend on food away from home?
About $48.8M a year, or $3,228 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 15,113 households in the Okeechobee area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Okeechobee, FL area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Okeechobee area has 7.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Okeechobee area would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,778 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Okeechobee, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Okeechobee area at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in the Okeechobee area is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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 Okeechobee area scores 67 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #85 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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