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Coffee shops and cafes in Chickasaw County, IA

How Chickasaw County, IA 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$18.6M
On food away from home · $3,713 a household
Spending per listing
$9.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,663
−2.8% 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

At $3,713 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Chickasaw County spend about $18.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 coffee shops and cafes, that is $9.3M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Chickasaw County as of September 2026. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Chickasaw County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Chickasaw County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Chickasaw County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Chickasaw County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Chickasaw County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureChickasaw CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.011.811.0
Spending per listing$9.3M$3.3M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,7021,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,713$3,880$4,070
Median household income$75,675$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,663−2.8% since 2020
Households
4,997
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$75,675+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,114
Median home value
$182,600
Jobs located here
4,976
Daytime population
10,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA685011.8$4M+17.8%#368 of 2,063
2Marshall County, IA6763.9$9.4M−0.5%#370 of 2,063
3Benton County, IA6665.9$7M+1.8%#396 of 2,063
4Warren County, IA612713.1$3.3M+9.0%#584 of 2,063
5Washington County, IA59910.0$3.8M+0.6%#661 of 2,063
6Grundy County, IA5759.8$4.1M+0.2%#732 of 2,063
7Webster County, IA56127.8$4.5M−0.4%#765 of 2,063
8Pottawattamie County, IA55369.6$3.9M−0.7%#816 of 2,063
9Allamakee County, IA5458.4$4.3M+1.2%#848 of 2,063
10Buchanan County, IA5489.7$3.9M+1.3%#857 of 2,063
Chickasaw County, IANot scored24.0$9.3M−2.8%

Other business types in Chickasaw County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Chickasaw County, IA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 coffee shops and cafes in Chickasaw County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Chickasaw County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Chickasaw County, IA spend on food away from home?

About $18.6M a year, or $3,713 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 4,997 households in Chickasaw County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Chickasaw County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Chickasaw County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Chickasaw County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Chickasaw County at 11,663 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,997 households. Median household income in Chickasaw County is $75,675, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. Chickasaw County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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