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Coffee shops and cafes in Murray County, GA
The coffee shops and cafes in Murray County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #193 of 2,063 scored counties
#25 of 91 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $52.1M
- On food away from home · $3,417 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,607
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Murray County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #193 of 2,063 scored counties and #25 of 91 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for coffee shops and cafes.
Households in Murray County spend about $52.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,417 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 coffee shops and cafes, that is $10.4M per cafe, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Murray County has 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Murray County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Murray County grew 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Murray 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.
| Measure | Murray County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 9.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $4.4M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,920 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,417 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,253 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 70 |
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
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Murray 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 Murray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,607+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,246
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $69,253+44.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,906
- Median home value
- $180,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,224
- Daytime population
- 30,262Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Murray County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 93 | 6 | 4.6 | $9.5M | +6.8% | #7 of 2,063 |
| 2Paulding County, GA | 93 | 32 | 5.3 | $8.1M | +12.7% | #9 of 2,063 |
| 3Monroe County, GA | 91 | 6 | 5.7 | $7.1M | +14.1% | #17 of 2,063 |
| 4Effingham County, GA | 90 | 10 | 4.1 | $9.9M | +14.1% | #20 of 2,063 |
| 5Newton County, GA | 88 | 21 | 5.1 | $7.3M | +11.2% | #30 of 2,063 |
| 6Bryan County, GA | 84 | 8 | 4.8 | $9.3M | +15.6% | #54 of 2,063 |
| 7Douglas County, GA | 83 | 22 | 4.2 | $9.2M | +6.6% | #59 of 2,063 |
| 8Peach County, GA | 83 | 5 | 4.7 | $7.7M | +6.5% | #63 of 2,063 |
| 9Barrow County, GA | 83 | 16 | 5.2 | $7.3M | +18.7% | #64 of 2,063 |
| 10Pike County, GA | 83 | 5 | 7.4 | $5.4M | +10.5% | #69 of 2,063 |
| 25Murray County, GA | 74 | 5 | 3.3 | $10.4M | +4.0% | #193 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Murray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops73
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 Murray County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 coffee shops and cafes in Murray County. 2 of them (40%) 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 Murray County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Murray County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $52.1M a year, or $3,417 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $10.4M 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 15,246 households in Murray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Murray County, GA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Murray County has 3.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $10.4M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Murray County would have about 14, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Murray County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Murray County at 41,607 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,246 households. Median household income in Murray County is $69,253, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.2%, 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. Murray County scores 74 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #193 of 2,063 scored counties.
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