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Coffee shops and cafes in Fremont County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Fremont County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
3
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$10.6M
On food away from home · $3,765 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.6
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,522
−0.8% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Fremont County comes to about $10.6M a year: $3,765 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.5M per cafe, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Fremont County has 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Fremont County in 2023. That is one for every 941 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 put the population change in Fremont County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Fremont 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 Fremont County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureFremont CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.611.811.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.3M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)9411,7021,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,765$3,880$4,070
Median household income$71,621$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$49K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Fremont 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 Fremont County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,522−0.8% since 2020
Households
2,823
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
511 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$71,621
Average household income
$96,972
Median home value
$154,400
Jobs located here
2,137
Daytime population
5,471Residents 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 Fremont 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
Fremont County, IANot scored310.6$3.5M−0.8%

Other business types in Fremont County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 coffee shops and cafes in Fremont County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 3 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 Fremont County, IA spend on food away from home?

About $10.6M a year, or $3,765 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 2,823 households in Fremont County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fremont County has 10.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 4% below 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 941 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Fremont County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Fremont County at 6,522 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,823 households. Median household income in Fremont County is $71,621, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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