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Coffee shops and cafes in Winona County, MN

How Winona County, MN 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #741 of 2,063 scored counties
#32 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
20
5 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
8
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$75.7M
On food away from home · $3,740 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,523
+1.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 coffee shops and cafes in Winona County. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 10% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Winona County comes to about $75.7M a year: $3,740 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Winona County in 2023. That is one for every 2,532 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Winona County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Winona County is 57 (upper middle), #741 of 2,063 scored counties and #32 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Winona County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Winona County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureWinona CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.910.211.0
Spending per listing$3.8M$4.2M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,5322,1081,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,740$4,330$4,070
Median household income$70,744$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5771

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
115
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
205 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Winona 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 Winona County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,523+1.8% since 2020
Households
20,253
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
626 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$70,744+19.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,678
Median home value
$235,400
Jobs located here
25,458
Daytime population
50,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Winona County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN92185.1$9.2M+6.8%#14 of 2,063
2Wright County, MN88468.5$5.5M+11.1%#35 of 2,063
3Scott County, MN84488.7$5.9M+5.1%#58 of 2,063
4Dakota County, MN821257.2$6.6M+3.9%#78 of 2,063
5Anoka County, MN82956.9$6.6M+4.7%#79 of 2,063
6Chisago County, MN81157.0$6.4M+4.3%#89 of 2,063
7Washington County, MN811009.5$5.3M+6.9%#96 of 2,063
8Dodge County, MN7867.4$5.8M+2.3%#140 of 2,063
9Clay County, MN78217.9$5M+3.6%#146 of 2,063
10Mower County, MN7674.5$8.5M+2.3%#169 of 2,063
32Winona County, MN57209.9$3.8M+1.8%#741 of 2,063

Other business types in Winona County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Winona County, MN?

There are 20 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Winona County as of September 2026. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.

How much do households in Winona County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $75.7M a year, or $3,740 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,253 households in Winona County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Winona County has 9.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.8M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Winona County would have about 21, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,532 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Winona County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Winona County at 50,523 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,253 households. The median household income in Winona County is $70,744 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Winona County scores 57 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #741 of 2,063 scored counties.

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