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Coffee shops and cafes in Humboldt County, IA
The coffee shops and cafes in Humboldt County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.7M
- On food away from home · $3,711 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,409
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,711 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Humboldt County spend about $15.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 3 coffee shops and cafes, that is $5.2M per cafe, 41% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Humboldt County as of September 2026. That is 7.1 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Humboldt County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $120K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Humboldt County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Humboldt County declined 2.0%, 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 Humboldt 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.
| Measure | Humboldt County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 11.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $3.3M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,702 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,711 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,946 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $120K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,409−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,219
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 434 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $71,946
- Average household income
- $92,749
- Median home value
- $155,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,646
- Daytime population
- 8,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Humboldt County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 68 | 50 | 11.8 | $4M | +17.8% | #368 of 2,063 |
| 2Marshall County, IA | 67 | 6 | 3.9 | $9.4M | −0.5% | #370 of 2,063 |
| 3Benton County, IA | 66 | 6 | 5.9 | $7M | +1.8% | #396 of 2,063 |
| 4Warren County, IA | 61 | 27 | 13.1 | $3.3M | +9.0% | #584 of 2,063 |
| 5Washington County, IA | 59 | 9 | 10.0 | $3.8M | +0.6% | #661 of 2,063 |
| 6Grundy County, IA | 57 | 5 | 9.8 | $4.1M | +0.2% | #732 of 2,063 |
| 7Webster County, IA | 56 | 12 | 7.8 | $4.5M | −0.4% | #765 of 2,063 |
| 8Pottawattamie County, IA | 55 | 36 | 9.6 | $3.9M | −0.7% | #816 of 2,063 |
| 9Allamakee County, IA | 54 | 5 | 8.4 | $4.3M | +1.2% | #848 of 2,063 |
| 10Buchanan County, IA | 54 | 8 | 9.7 | $3.9M | +1.3% | #857 of 2,063 |
| Humboldt County, IA | Not scored | 3 | 7.1 | $5.2M | −2.0% |
Other business types in Humboldt County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Humboldt County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 coffee shops and cafes in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Humboldt County, IA spend on food away from home?
About $15.7M a year, or $3,711 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 4,219 households in Humboldt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Humboldt County, IA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Humboldt County has 7.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.2M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Humboldt County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Humboldt County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Humboldt County at 9,409 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,219 households. Median household income in Humboldt County is $71,946, 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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