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Coffee shops and cafes in Forrest County, MS
How Forrest County, MS 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,960 of 2,063 scored counties
#41 of 48 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 37
- 9 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $96.4M
- On food away from home · $3,201 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Forrest County is 21 (low), #1,960 of 2,063 scored counties and #41 of 48 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,201 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Forrest County spend about $96.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Forrest County has 37 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 24%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 12.3 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Forrest County in 2023. That is one for every 1,159 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forrest County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Forrest County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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.
| Measure | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,159 | 1,859 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +68.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,201 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 26All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 267
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 379 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Forrest County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1George County, MS | 67 | 7 | 7.5 | $4.5M | +8.1% | #388 of 2,063 |
| 2Marshall County, MS | 63 | 6 | 4.5 | $7M | +2.6% | #491 of 2,063 |
| 3DeSoto County, MS | 62 | 62 | 8.7 | $4.6M | +6.3% | #538 of 2,063 |
| 4Monroe County, MS | 60 | 5 | 3.6 | $8.7M | −2.4% | #585 of 2,063 |
| 5Warren County, MS | 59 | 9 | 5.4 | $6.5M | −6.3% | #632 of 2,063 |
| 6Madison County, MS | 54 | 46 | 10.5 | $3.9M | +6.5% | #856 of 2,063 |
| 7Lamar County, MS | 53 | 28 | 11.0 | $3.3M | +4.7% | #911 of 2,063 |
| 8Pontotoc County, MS | 52 | 10 | 8.5 | $3.7M | +2.9% | #944 of 2,063 |
| 9Scott County, MS | 49 | 6 | 6.2 | $4.7M | +0.4% | #1,030 of 2,063 |
| 10Jackson County, MS | 49 | 68 | 11.8 | $3M | +3.0% | #1,071 of 2,063 |
| 41Forrest County, MS | 21 | 37 | 12.3 | $2.6M | +1.1% | #1,960 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Forrest County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes16
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops14
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Forrest County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 coffee shops and cafes in Forrest County. 9 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 26 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $96.4M a year, or $3,201 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Forrest County has 12.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.6M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Forrest County would have about 26, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,159 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest County scores 21 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,960 of 2,063 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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