Food and drink · Small-town market · Illinois
Coffee shops and cafes in the Effingham, IL area
How the Effingham, IL 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #20 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 10
- 5 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $70.3M
- On food away from home · $3,881 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 90% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,727
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Effingham area scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #20 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for coffee shops and cafes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 coffee shops and cafes in the Effingham area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 50%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the Effingham area comes to about $70.3M a year: $3,881 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 coffee shops and cafes, that is $7M per cafe, 90% 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 6 businesses with payroll in the Effingham area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 3,021 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $101K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Effingham area. Population estimates put the population change in the Effingham area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Effingham area 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 | Effingham area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 3,021 | 1,881 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,881 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,157 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $997K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $101K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Effingham 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 Effingham area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,727−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,128
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 825 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $79,157
- Average household income
- $96,833
- Median home value
- $172,400
- Jobs located here
- 25,606
- Daytime population
- 48,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Effingham area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochelle, IL | 80 | 14 | 6.7 | $5.9M | −0.7% | #9 of 529 |
| 2Effingham, IL | 76 | 10 | 5.5 | $7M | −0.9% | #20 of 529 |
| 3Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 68 | 11 | 5.3 | $6.3M | −1.0% | #68 of 529 |
| 4Dixon, IL | 68 | 9 | 6.7 | $5.5M | −3.4% | #70 of 529 |
| 5Mount Vernon, IL | 67 | 9 | 6.1 | $5.7M | −2.3% | #78 of 529 |
| 6Pontiac, IL | 67 | 12 | 8.2 | $4.6M | −2.1% | #81 of 529 |
| 7Marion-Herrin, IL | 67 | 23 | 7.9 | $4.6M | +0.2% | #82 of 529 |
| 8Freeport, IL | 62 | 9 | 4.6 | $7.5M | −3.0% | #126 of 529 |
| 9Ottawa, IL | 57 | 58 | 9.4 | $4M | −1.6% | #193 of 529 |
| 10Danville, IL | 55 | 17 | 5.7 | $5.9M | −3.7% | #212 of 529 |
Other business types in the Effingham area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes46
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes76
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Effingham, IL area?
There are 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Effingham area as of September 2026. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 6 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.
How much do households in the Effingham, IL area spend on food away from home?
About $70.3M a year, or $3,881 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7M 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 18,128 households in the Effingham area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Effingham, IL area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Effingham area has 5.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7M, 90% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Effingham area would have about 19, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,021 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Effingham, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Effingham area at 44,727 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,128 households. The median household income in the Effingham area is $79,157 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Effingham area scores 76 for coffee shops and cafes (high), #20 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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