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Coffee shops and cafes in Evangeline Parish, LA

How Evangeline Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$36.2M
On food away from home · $2,879 a household
Spending per listing
$9M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
71% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,980
−1.0% 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 $2,879 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Evangeline Parish spend about $36.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $9M per cafe, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Evangeline Parish as of September 2026. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Evangeline Parish in 2023. That is one for every 4,187 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 put the population change in Evangeline Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Evangeline Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureEvangeline ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.210.011.0
Spending per listing$9M$3.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)4,1871,7801,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.0%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,879$3,469$4,070
Median household income$41,915$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$176K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
31,980−1.0% since 2020
Households
12,561
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
662 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$41,915+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$61,820
Median home value
$124,600
Jobs located here
8,287
Daytime population
27,951Residents 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 Evangeline 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
Evangeline Parish, LANot scored43.2$9M−1.0%

Other business types in Evangeline Parish

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 coffee shops and cafes in Evangeline Parish. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 3 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 Evangeline Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $36.2M a year, or $2,879 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $9M 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 12,561 households in Evangeline Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Evangeline Parish has 3.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $9M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Evangeline Parish would have about 10, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,187 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Evangeline Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Evangeline Parish at 31,980 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,561 households. Median household income in Evangeline Parish is $41,915, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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. Evangeline Parish has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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