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Coffee shops and cafes in the DeRidder, LA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the DeRidder, LA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #91 of 529 scored small-town markets
#1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
6
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$48.8M
On food away from home · $3,550 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
46% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,673
+0.2% 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 $3,550 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the DeRidder area spend about $48.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $5.4M per cafe, 46% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The DeRidder area has 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the DeRidder area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,291 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.

Population estimates show the DeRidder area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the DeRidder area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #91 of 529 scored small-town markets and #1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the DeRidder area 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 DeRidder, LA area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureDeRidder areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.510.011.0
Spending per listing$5.4M$3.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,2911,7801,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.0%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,550$3,469$4,070
Median household income$65,944$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6631

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$260K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 DeRidder 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 DeRidder area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,673+0.2% since 2020
Households
13,747
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,158 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$65,944+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,451
Median home value
$161,700
Jobs located here
8,738
Daytime population
31,088Residents 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 small-town markets in Louisiana for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the DeRidder area marked.

Top small-town markets in Louisiana

Small-town markets in Louisiana ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeRidder, LA6696.5$5.4M+0.2%#91 of 529
2Natchitoches, LA5964.1$7.5M−3.5%#165 of 529
3Opelousas, LA59154.7$6.3M−1.9%#167 of 529
4Morgan City, LA54126.5$4.8M−5.3%#220 of 529
5Bogalusa, LA46158.5$3.5M−0.9%#303 of 529
Natchez, MS-LA40167.7$3.8M−0.9%#372 of 529
6New Iberia, LA38217.8$4.1M−4.6%#392 of 529
7Minden, LA321510.5$2.7M−5.2%#454 of 529
8Ruston, LA231910.3$2.9M+0.1%#506 of 529

Other business types in the DeRidder area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the DeRidder, LA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 coffee shops and cafes in the DeRidder area. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 6 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.

How much do households in the DeRidder, LA area spend on food away from home?

About $48.8M a year, or $3,550 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 13,747 households in the DeRidder area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The DeRidder area has 6.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.4M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the DeRidder area would have about 13, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,291 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the DeRidder, LA area growing?

Population estimates put the DeRidder area at 36,673 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,747 households. Median household income in the DeRidder area is $65,944, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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 DeRidder area scores 66 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #91 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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