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Coffee shops and cafes in Shelby County, IA
The coffee shops and cafes in Shelby County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,660 of 2,063 scored counties
#43 of 63 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.1M
- On food away from home · $3,913 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,689
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Shelby County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,660 of 2,063 scored counties and #43 of 63 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Shelby County comes to about $19.1M a year: $3,913 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 coffee shops and cafes, that is $2.4M per cafe, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 49% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Shelby County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 11.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $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 | −0.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,913 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 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
- 82 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,689−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,882
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $72,738+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,055
- Median home value
- $164,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,366
- Daytime population
- 11,696Residents 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 Shelby 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 |
| 43Shelby County, IA | 33 | 8 | 16.4 | $2.4M | −0.2% | #1,660 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Shelby County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes46
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops51
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Shelby County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 coffee shops and cafes in Shelby County. 2 of them (25%) 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 Shelby County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Shelby County, IA spend on food away from home?
About $19.1M a year, or $3,913 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 4,882 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, IA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Shelby County has 16.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.4M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Shelby County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Shelby County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 11,689 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,882 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 33 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,660 of 2,063 scored counties.
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