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Coffee shops and cafes in Fayette County, IN

How Fayette County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
4
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$31.4M
On food away from home · $3,335 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
23,533
+0.7% 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

Households in Fayette County spend about $31.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,335 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no coffee shops and cafes in Fayette County. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Fayette County would have about 9, against none on map listings.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Fayette County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,356 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.

Population estimates show Fayette County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Fayette County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Fayette County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Fayette County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureFayette CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.08.011.0
Spending per listingn/a$4.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,3562,1251,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+40.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,335$3,802$4,070
Median household income$59,321$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored70

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$458K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,533+0.7% since 2020
Households
9,422
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
215 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$59,321+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,303
Median home value
$130,700
Jobs located here
5,957
Daytime population
18,647Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warrick County, IN87114.4$9.8M+4.4%#38 of 2,063
2Hancock County, IN85247.2$6.2M+13.5%#51 of 2,063
3Dearborn County, IN82104.9$8.1M+1.7%#71 of 2,063
4Boone County, IN82248.4$5.9M+13.5%#83 of 2,063
5Morgan County, IN81196.7$6M+4.4%#91 of 2,063
6Franklin County, IN8055.4$7.2M+2.2%#100 of 2,063
7Putnam County, IN8085.7$6.7M+3.2%#102 of 2,063
8Hendricks County, IN80497.3$6.3M+10.2%#105 of 2,063
9Bartholomew County, IN79236.9$5.8M+4.3%#118 of 2,063
10Lawrence County, IN7684.2$8.5M+1.2%#168 of 2,063
Fayette County, INNot scored00.0n/a+0.7%

Other business types in Fayette County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Fayette County, IN?

There are no coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.

How much do households in Fayette County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $31.4M a year, or $3,335 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 9,422 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fayette County has no coffee shops and cafes on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Fayette County would have about 9, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,356 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Fayette County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Fayette County at 23,533 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,422 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $59,321, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Fayette County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes, having none on map listings.

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How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in Fayette County

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