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Coffee shops and cafes in Douglas County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Douglas County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #850 of 2,063 scored counties
#33 of 74 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.4M
- On food away from home · $3,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,880
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 coffee shops and cafes in Douglas County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Douglas County comes to about $29.4M a year: $3,789 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.2M per cafe, 13% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Douglas County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Douglas County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #850 of 2,063 scored counties and #33 of 74 scored counties in Illinois.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Douglas County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,881 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,789 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,320 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 57 |
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
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,880+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,765
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 417 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $77,320+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,377
- Median home value
- $150,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,030
- Daytime population
- 18,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Douglas County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 77 | 11 | 5.7 | $7.4M | +0.4% | #150 of 2,063 |
| 2Ogle County, IL | 75 | 14 | 6.7 | $5.9M | −0.7% | #187 of 2,063 |
| 3McHenry County, IL | 74 | 99 | 8.4 | $5.6M | +2.5% | #206 of 2,063 |
| 4Kendall County, IL | 73 | 42 | 9.3 | $5.2M | +9.9% | #240 of 2,063 |
| 5Effingham County, IL | 72 | 8 | 5.7 | $6.9M | −0.5% | #245 of 2,063 |
| 6Macoupin County, IL | 71 | 10 | 5.7 | $6.7M | −2.6% | #264 of 2,063 |
| 7Clinton County, IL | 71 | 13 | 8.9 | $4.6M | +0.6% | #279 of 2,063 |
| 8Will County, IL | 68 | 206 | 8.4 | $5.7M | +2.2% | #348 of 2,063 |
| 9St. Clair County, IL | 67 | 73 | 7.2 | $5.4M | −2.5% | #381 of 2,063 |
| 10Madison County, IL | 66 | 85 | 7.7 | $5.1M | −1.0% | #402 of 2,063 |
| 33Douglas County, IL | 54 | 7 | 9.0 | $4.2M | +0.5% | #850 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Douglas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes40
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza34
- Coffee shops and cafes54
- Bakeries and dessert shops49
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Douglas County, IL?
There are 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Douglas County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Douglas County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $29.4M a year, or $3,789 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 7,765 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, IL compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Douglas County has 9.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.2M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Douglas County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Douglas County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 19,880 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,765 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $77,320 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. Douglas County scores 54 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #850 of 2,063 scored counties.
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