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Coffee shops and cafes in Pike County, KY

How Pike County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #752 of 2,063 scored counties
#29 of 53 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
11
5 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
5
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$70.1M
On food away from home · $2,887 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
72% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
59% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,721
−6.4% 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 Pike County spend about $70.1M a year on food away from home, or $2,887 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 72% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Pike County has 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 45%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 59% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Pike County in 2023. That is one for every 4,857 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, Pike County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #752 of 2,063 scored counties and #29 of 53 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Pike 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 Pike County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.57.411.0
Spending per listing$6.4M$4.7M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)4,8572,9791,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,887$3,489$4,070
Median household income$44,312$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5667

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$78K
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
115 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
54,721−6.4% since 2020
Households
24,284
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
786 sq. mi.
People per square mile
72
Median household income
$44,312+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,085
Median home value
$112,000
Jobs located here
19,887
Daytime population
57,040Residents 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 Pike 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
29Pike County, KY56114.5$6.4M−6.4%#752 of 2,063

Other business types in Pike County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 coffee shops and cafes in Pike County. 5 of them (45%) 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. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $70.1M a year, or $2,887 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 24,284 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pike County has 4.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.4M, 72% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Pike County would have about 19, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,857 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Pike County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 54,721 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,284 households. Median household income in Pike County is $44,312, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Pike County scores 56 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #752 of 2,063 scored counties.

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