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Coffee shops and cafes in the Kokomo, IN metro area

How the Kokomo, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #316 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
34
8 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
22
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$124.7M
On food away from home · $3,503 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.6
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,904
+0.4% 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

The Kokomo metro area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #316 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Kokomo metro area spend about $124.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,503 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 34 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.7M per cafe, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Kokomo metro area has 34 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 24%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Kokomo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,618 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 the Kokomo metro area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Kokomo metro area 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 Kokomo, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureKokomo metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.68.011.0
Spending per listing$3.7M$4.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,6182,1251,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+40.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,503$3,802$4,070
Median household income$64,027$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score3470

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
249
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
348 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 the Kokomo metro 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 Kokomo metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
83,904+0.4% since 2020
Households
35,593
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
293 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,020
Median home value
$165,000
Jobs located here
35,309
Daytime population
82,151Residents 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 metro areas in Indiana for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kokomo metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, IN83236.9$5.8M+4.3%#5 of 387
2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN777038.3$4.9M+5.4%#20 of 387
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN707508.3$5M+2.7%#41 of 387
3Evansville, IN66827.2$5.2M+1.6%#67 of 387
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN664698.4$4.5M+2.9%#71 of 387
4Fort Wayne, IN621518.3$4.5M+3.9%#96 of 387
5Muncie, IN55316.7$4.9M+1.2%#147 of 387
6Michigan City-La Porte, IN54378.5$4.4M−0.9%#161 of 387
7Bloomington, IN52578.4$4.3M+2.0%#176 of 387
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN523,99911.0$4M0.0%#178 of 387
12Kokomo, IN34349.6$3.7M+0.4%#316 of 387

Other business types in the Kokomo metro area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Kokomo, IN metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 coffee shops and cafes in the Kokomo metro area. 8 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 22 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 the Kokomo, IN metro area spend on food away from home?

About $124.7M a year, or $3,503 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 35,593 households in the Kokomo metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kokomo, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Kokomo metro area has 9.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,618 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the Kokomo, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kokomo metro area at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in the Kokomo metro area is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. The Kokomo metro area scores 34 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #316 of 387 scored metro areas.

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