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Coffee shops and cafes in Rockdale County, GA
How Rockdale 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #170 of 2,063 scored counties
#19 of 91 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 16
- 8 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $131.6M
- On food away from home · $3,820 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.2M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,416
- +5.2% since 2020
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What this means
Rockdale County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #170 of 2,063 scored counties and #19 of 91 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for coffee shops and cafes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 coffee shops and cafes in Rockdale County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 50%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,820 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Rockdale County spend about $131.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $8.2M per cafe, 2.2 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Rockdale County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,913 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $35K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Rockdale County. Population estimates put the population change in Rockdale County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rockdale 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 | Rockdale County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 9.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.2M | $4.4M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,913 | 1,920 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,820 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,247 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 18All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 202
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Rockdale 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 Rockdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,416+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 34,437
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 130 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 734
- Median household income
- $77,247+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,790
- Median home value
- $292,900
- Jobs located here
- 36,965
- Daytime population
- 90,739Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 19Rockdale County, GA | 76 | 16 | 4.6 | $8.2M | +5.2% | #170 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Rockdale County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes76
- Bakeries and dessert shops57
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Rockdale County, GA?
There are 16 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Rockdale County as of September 2026. 8 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 18 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 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rockdale County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $131.6M a year, or $3,820 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 34,437 households in Rockdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rockdale County, GA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Rockdale County has 4.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $8.2M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Rockdale County would have about 36, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,913 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Rockdale County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Rockdale County at 98,416 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,437 households. The median household income in Rockdale County is $77,247 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. 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. Rockdale County scores 76 for coffee shops and cafes (high), #170 of 2,063 scored counties.
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