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Coffee shops and cafes in Emanuel County, GA

How Emanuel County, GA 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,462 of 2,063 scored counties
#78 of 91 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$24.2M
On food away from home · $2,909 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,147
+1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Emanuel County spend about $24.2M a year on food away from home, or $2,909 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Emanuel County has 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Emanuel County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $985K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Emanuel County.

Population estimates put the population change in Emanuel County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Emanuel County is 38 (lower middle), #1,462 of 2,063 scored counties and #78 of 91 scored counties in Georgia.

How Emanuel County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Emanuel County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureEmanuel CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.29.011.0
Spending per listing$4M$4.4M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,9201,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,909$3,917$4,070
Median household income$52,772$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3870

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
62 chain locations
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
1
Amount
$985K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Emanuel 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 Emanuel County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,147+1.2% since 2020
Households
8,312
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$52,772+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,783
Median home value
$94,700
Jobs located here
7,501
Daytime population
21,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Emanuel County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA9364.6$9.5M+6.8%#7 of 2,063
2Paulding County, GA93325.3$8.1M+12.7%#9 of 2,063
3Monroe County, GA9165.7$7.1M+14.1%#17 of 2,063
4Effingham County, GA90104.1$9.9M+14.1%#20 of 2,063
5Newton County, GA88215.1$7.3M+11.2%#30 of 2,063
6Bryan County, GA8484.8$9.3M+15.6%#54 of 2,063
7Douglas County, GA83224.2$9.2M+6.6%#59 of 2,063
8Peach County, GA8354.7$7.7M+6.5%#63 of 2,063
9Barrow County, GA83165.2$7.3M+18.7%#64 of 2,063
10Pike County, GA8357.4$5.4M+10.5%#69 of 2,063
78Emanuel County, GA3867.2$4M+1.2%#1,462 of 2,063

Other business types in Emanuel County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Emanuel County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 coffee shops and cafes in Emanuel County. 2 of them (33%) 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 Emanuel County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Emanuel County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $24.2M a year, or $2,909 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 8,312 households in Emanuel County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Emanuel County, GA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Emanuel County has 7.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Emanuel County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Emanuel County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Emanuel County at 23,147 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,312 households. Median household income in Emanuel County is $52,772, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. Emanuel County scores 38 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,462 of 2,063 scored counties.

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