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Coffee shops and cafes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area

The coffee shops and cafes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #115 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
40
18 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
33
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +13.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$277.1M
On food away from home · $3,469 a household
Spending per listing
$6.9M
87% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
199,668
−3.5% since 2020

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What this means

At $3,469 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area spend about $277.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 40 coffee shops and cafes, that is $6.9M per cafe, 87% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 40 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,421 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 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #115 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.

How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.010.011.0
Spending per listing$6.9M$3.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,4211,7801,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.8%+24.0%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,469$3,469$4,070
Median household income$64,038$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5931

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +13.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
374
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
21All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4018 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
75The 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
199,668−3.5% since 2020
Households
79,889
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,300 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$64,038+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,114
Median home value
$189,700
Jobs located here
82,319
Daytime population
199,758Residents 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 metro areas in Louisiana for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA59405.0$6.9M−3.5%#115 of 387
2Alexandria, LA55356.2$5.4M−2.5%#144 of 387
3Lake Charles, LA54606.5$5.5M−3.8%#157 of 387
4Baton Rouge, LA532888.7$4.3M+2.1%#170 of 387
5Monroe, LA48657.5$4.3M−1.9%#208 of 387
6Lafayette, LA451509.1$3.8M+3.8%#231 of 387
7Hammond, LA44458.7$3.8M+5.8%#240 of 387
8Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA3914013.3$3M+5.3%#286 of 387
9Shreveport-Bossier City, LA371388.8$3.8M−2.3%#298 of 387
10New Orleans-Metairie, LA1364716.2$2.2M−3.4%#385 of 387

Other business types in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 coffee shops and cafes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area. 18 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 13.8% 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 list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area spend on food away from home?

About $277.1M a year, or $3,469 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.9M 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 79,889 households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 5.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.9M, 87% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area would have about 75, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,421 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area at 199,668 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 79,889 households. Median household income in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 59 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #115 of 387 scored metro areas.

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