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Coffee shops and cafes in Calcasieu Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Calcasieu Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #873 of 2,063 scored counties
#11 of 47 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
51
26 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
42
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · 0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$283.8M
On food away from home · $3,641 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
50% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
208,466
−3.7% 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

At $3,641 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Calcasieu Parish spend about $283.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $5.6M per cafe, 50% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Calcasieu Parish has 51 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 41% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Calcasieu Parish was 42 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,856 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. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $686K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Calcasieu Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Calcasieu Parish declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Calcasieu Parish is 53 (upper middle), #873 of 2,063 scored counties and #11 of 47 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Calcasieu Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Calcasieu Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureCalcasieu ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.510.011.0
Spending per listing$5.6M$3.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,8561,7801,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+24.0%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,641$3,469$4,070
Median household income$67,564$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5331

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 42All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · 0.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
299
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$686K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Calcasieu Parish, 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 Calcasieu Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
208,466−3.7% since 2020
Households
77,957
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,064 sq. mi.
People per square mile
195
Median household income
$67,564+32.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,591
Median home value
$217,000
Jobs located here
85,678
Daytime population
213,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Calcasieu Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA7865.5$7.1M+5.5%#132 of 2,063
2Livingston Parish, LA75366.7$5.6M+8.5%#189 of 2,063
3Ascension Parish, LA71388.0$5.4M+6.4%#274 of 2,063
4Lafourche Parish, LA66174.5$7.8M−2.0%#394 of 2,063
5Beauregard Parish, LA6096.5$5.4M+0.2%#595 of 2,063
6Natchitoches Parish, LA5964.1$7.5M−3.5%#628 of 2,063
7St. Landry Parish, LA58154.7$6.3M−1.9%#672 of 2,063
8Pointe Coupee Parish, LA5667.2$5M−5.6%#760 of 2,063
9Vermilion Parish, LA55125.5$5.9M+1.3%#797 of 2,063
10Acadia Parish, LA54125.4$5.5M−0.8%#834 of 2,063
11Calcasieu Parish, LA53516.5$5.6M−3.7%#873 of 2,063

Other business types in Calcasieu Parish

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Calcasieu Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 coffee shops and cafes in Calcasieu Parish. 26 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, unchanged from 2019. 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 also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Calcasieu Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $283.8M a year, or $3,641 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 77,957 households in Calcasieu Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Calcasieu Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Calcasieu Parish has 6.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.6M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Calcasieu Parish would have about 77, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,856 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Calcasieu Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Calcasieu Parish at 208,466 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 77,957 households. Median household income in Calcasieu Parish is $67,564, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.1%, 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. Calcasieu Parish scores 53 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #873 of 2,063 scored counties.

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