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Coffee shops and cafes in Breathitt County, KY

The coffee shops and cafes in Breathitt County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$14.5M
On food away from home · $2,645 a household
Spending per listing
$14.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,558
−8.3% 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

Households in Breathitt County spend about $14.5M a year on food away from home, or $2,645 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.5M of household spending for each cafe on map listings. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Breathitt County has 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Breathitt County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Breathitt County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, Breathitt County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Breathitt County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Breathitt County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBreathitt CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.87.411.0
Spending per listing$14.5M$4.7M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a2,9791,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.3%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,645$3,489$4,070
Median household income$34,808$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

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
10 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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
12,558−8.3% since 2020
Households
5,464
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$34,808+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$51,653
Median home value
$70,300
Jobs located here
2,764
Daytime population
12,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Breathitt County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bullitt County, KY89144.4$8.8M+5.0%#23 of 2,063
2Scott County, KY87146.2$6.6M+8.2%#41 of 2,063
3Oldham County, KY86166.9$7.2M+4.9%#46 of 2,063
4Woodford County, KY8076.5$6.2M+3.7%#106 of 2,063
5Boone County, KY80418.0$5.4M+6.5%#109 of 2,063
6Kenton County, KY77477.0$5.7M+3.9%#155 of 2,063
7Nelson County, KY76136.8$5.2M+4.8%#175 of 2,063
8Jessamine County, KY75126.0$6.3M+7.8%#186 of 2,063
9Shelby County, KY75137.0$5.6M+6.2%#190 of 2,063
10Madison County, KY72297.8$4.4M+9.4%#257 of 2,063
Breathitt County, KYNot scored11.8$14.5M−8.3%

Other business types in Breathitt County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Breathitt County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 coffee shop or cafe in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Breathitt County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $14.5M a year, or $2,645 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, it comes to $14.5M 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 5,464 households in Breathitt County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Breathitt County has 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Breathitt County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Breathitt County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Breathitt County at 12,558 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,464 households. Median household income in Breathitt County is $34,808, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Breathitt County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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