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Coffee shops and cafes in Pike County, IL

How Pike County, IL 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 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,041 of 2,063 scored counties
#74 of 74 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$20M
On food away from home · $3,349 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.8
53% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,231
−2.8% 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

For coffee shops and cafes, Pike County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #2,041 of 2,063 scored counties and #74 of 74 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Pike County comes to about $20M a year: $3,349 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per cafe, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.8, 53% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Pike County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Pike County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pike 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Pike County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.810.311.0
Spending per listing$2M$4.1M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,8811,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.5%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,349$4,215$4,070
Median household income$59,777$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score1357

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
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,231−2.8% since 2020
Households
5,965
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
831 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$59,777+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,896
Median home value
$101,400
Jobs located here
3,812
Daytime population
11,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IL77115.7$7.4M+0.4%#150 of 2,063
2Ogle County, IL75146.7$5.9M−0.7%#187 of 2,063
3McHenry County, IL74998.4$5.6M+2.5%#206 of 2,063
4Kendall County, IL73429.3$5.2M+9.9%#240 of 2,063
5Effingham County, IL7285.7$6.9M−0.5%#245 of 2,063
6Macoupin County, IL71105.7$6.7M−2.6%#264 of 2,063
7Clinton County, IL71138.9$4.6M+0.6%#279 of 2,063
8Will County, IL682068.4$5.7M+2.2%#348 of 2,063
9St. Clair County, IL67737.2$5.4M−2.5%#381 of 2,063
10Madison County, IL66857.7$5.1M−1.0%#402 of 2,063
74Pike County, IL131016.8$2M−2.8%#2,041 of 2,063

Other business types in Pike County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Pike County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 coffee shops and cafes in Pike County. One of them (10%) 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 Pike County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Pike County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $20M a year, or $3,349 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 5,965 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pike County has 16.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Pike County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Pike County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 14,231 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,965 households. Median household income in Pike County is $59,777, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Pike County scores 13 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #2,041 of 2,063 scored counties.

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