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Coffee shops and cafes in the Great Bend, KS area

How the Great Bend, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #335 of 529 scored small-town markets
#4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
9
5 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
5
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$34.7M
On food away from home · $3,346 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.7
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,790
−2.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 coffee shops and cafes in the Great Bend area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 56%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 8.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Household spending on food away from home in the Great Bend area comes to about $34.7M a year: $3,346 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.9M per cafe, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Great Bend area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,076 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Great Bend area declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, the Great Bend area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #335 of 529 scored small-town markets and #4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.

How the Great Bend area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Great Bend, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureGreat Bend areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.710.511.0
Spending per listing$3.9M$3.7M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,0761,7521,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.9%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,346$3,910$4,070
Median household income$58,851$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$399K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
95 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 the Great Bend area, 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 the Great Bend area

Population, 2025 estimate
24,790−2.5% since 2020
Households
10,380
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
895 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$58,851+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,743
Median home value
$126,400
Jobs located here
11,401
Daytime population
24,199Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Kansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Great Bend area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ottawa, KS6698.6$4.3M+1.1%#96 of 529
2Salina, KS53208.0$4.4M−1.4%#232 of 529
3Hays, KS53119.0$3.9M+0.4%#233 of 529
4Great Bend, KS4398.7$3.9M−2.5%#335 of 529
5Arkansas City-Winfield, KS431511.2$3M−0.4%#341 of 529
6Pittsburg, KS421610.1$3.2M+0.1%#350 of 529
7Emporia, KS41138.9$3.7M+0.4%#358 of 529
8McPherson, KS401613.2$2.9M−0.4%#375 of 529
9Dodge City, KS381311.0$3.4M−0.6%#393 of 529
10Liberal, KS36811.0$3.2M−3.6%#418 of 529

Other business types in the Great Bend area

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

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Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Great Bend, KS area?

There are 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Great Bend area as of September 2026. 5 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.

How much do households in the Great Bend, KS area spend on food away from home?

About $34.7M a year, or $3,346 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,380 households in the Great Bend area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Great Bend, KS area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Great Bend area has 8.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.9M, 4% above 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 2,076 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the Great Bend, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Great Bend area at 24,790 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,380 households. The median household income in the Great Bend area is $58,851 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Great Bend area scores 43 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #335 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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