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Coffee shops and cafes in Knox County, IN
The coffee shops and cafes in Knox County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #668 of 2,063 scored counties
#41 of 70 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $52.6M
- On food away from home · $3,470 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,652
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Knox County comes to about $52.6M a year: $3,470 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.5M per cafe, twice the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Knox County has 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 58% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Knox County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Knox County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #668 of 2,063 scored counties and #41 of 70 scored counties in Indiana.
How Knox 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.
| Measure | Knox County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $4.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,125 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +40.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,470 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,237 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 70 |
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
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,652−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 15,169
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $61,237+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,721
- Median home value
- $137,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,627
- Daytime population
- 36,438Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrick County, IN | 87 | 11 | 4.4 | $9.8M | +4.4% | #38 of 2,063 |
| 2Hancock County, IN | 85 | 24 | 7.2 | $6.2M | +13.5% | #51 of 2,063 |
| 3Dearborn County, IN | 82 | 10 | 4.9 | $8.1M | +1.7% | #71 of 2,063 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 82 | 24 | 8.4 | $5.9M | +13.5% | #83 of 2,063 |
| 5Morgan County, IN | 81 | 19 | 6.7 | $6M | +4.4% | #91 of 2,063 |
| 6Franklin County, IN | 80 | 5 | 5.4 | $7.2M | +2.2% | #100 of 2,063 |
| 7Putnam County, IN | 80 | 8 | 5.7 | $6.7M | +3.2% | #102 of 2,063 |
| 8Hendricks County, IN | 80 | 49 | 7.3 | $6.3M | +10.2% | #105 of 2,063 |
| 9Bartholomew County, IN | 79 | 23 | 6.9 | $5.8M | +4.3% | #118 of 2,063 |
| 10Lawrence County, IN | 76 | 8 | 4.2 | $8.5M | +1.2% | #168 of 2,063 |
| 41Knox County, IN | 58 | 7 | 4.6 | $7.5M | −1.7% | #668 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Knox County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops57
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Knox County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 coffee shops and cafes in Knox County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Knox County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $52.6M a year, or $3,470 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 15,169 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, IN compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Knox 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 $7.5M, twice the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Knox County would have about 14, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Knox County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 35,652 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,169 households. Median household income in Knox County is $61,237, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Knox County scores 58 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #668 of 2,063 scored counties.
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