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Coffee shops and cafes in Jones County, IA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$30.7M
On food away from home · $3,745 a household
Spending per listing
$7.7M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,253
+2.9% since 2020

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What this means

Households in Jones County spend about $30.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,745 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Jones County has 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Jones County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,733 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $720K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Jones County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jones County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Jones County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jones 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 Jones County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureJones CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.911.811.0
Spending per listing$7.7M$3.3M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,7331,7021,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,745$3,880$4,070
Median household income$73,531$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$129K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 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
2
Amount
$720K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Jones 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 Jones County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,253+2.9% since 2020
Households
8,198
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
576 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$73,531+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,904
Median home value
$184,800
Jobs located here
6,134
Daytime population
17,027Residents 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 Jones 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
Jones County, IANot scored44.9$7.7M+2.9%

Other business types in Jones County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 coffee shops and cafes in Jones 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 Jones County, IA spend on food away from home?

About $30.7M a year, or $3,745 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 8,198 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jones County has 4.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7.7M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Jones County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,733 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Jones County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Jones County at 21,253 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,198 households. Median household income in Jones County is $73,531, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.8%, 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. Jones County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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