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Coffee shops and cafes in Starke County, IN
How Starke 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 · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,833 of 2,063 scored counties
#70 of 70 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.9M
- On food away from home · $3,325 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,425
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Starke County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,833 of 2,063 scored counties and #70 of 70 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 coffee shops and cafes in Starke County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in Starke County spend about $29.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,325 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per cafe, 19% below 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 Starke County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Starke County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Starke 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 | Starke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $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 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,325 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,960 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Starke 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 Starke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,425+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,983
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $63,960+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,205
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,099
- Daytime population
- 17,225Residents 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 Starke 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 |
| 70Starke County, IN | 27 | 10 | 11.1 | $3M | +0.1% | #1,833 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Starke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes58
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Starke County, IN?
There are 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Starke County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) 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 Starke County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Starke County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $29.9M a year, or $3,325 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 $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 8,983 households in Starke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starke County, IN compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Starke County has 11.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Starke County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Starke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Starke County at 23,425 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,983 households. The median household income in Starke County is $63,960 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Starke County scores 27 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,833 of 2,063 scored counties.
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