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Coffee shops and cafes in Parke County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Parke County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #771 of 2,063 scored counties
#46 of 70 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On food away from home · $3,500 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,642
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 coffee shops and cafes in Parke County. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.1, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,500 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Parke County spend about $21.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 16% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Parke County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Parke County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Parke County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #771 of 2,063 scored counties and #46 of 70 scored counties in Indiana.
How Parke 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 | Parke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $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 | +3.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,500 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,485 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 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
- 4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Parke 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 Parke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,642+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,147
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 445 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $68,485+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,742
- Median home value
- $151,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,269
- Daytime population
- 13,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Parke County marked.
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 |
| 46Parke County, IN | 56 | 5 | 8.1 | $4.3M | +3.0% | #771 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Parke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes56
- Bakeries and dessert shops32
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Parke County, IN?
Parke County has 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Parke County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Parke County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $21.5M a year, or $3,500 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 6,147 households in Parke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Parke County, IN compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Parke County has 8.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.3M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Parke County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Parke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Parke County at 16,642 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,147 households. The median household income in Parke County is $68,485 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Parke County scores 56 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #771 of 2,063 scored counties.
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