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Coffee shops and cafes in Scott County, MS

How Scott 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,030 of 2,063 scored counties
#9 of 48 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$28.1M
On food away from home · $2,901 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,073
+0.4% 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 $2,901 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Scott County spend about $28.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 6 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.7M per cafe, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Scott County has 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Scott County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,422 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Scott County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scott County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Scott County is 49 (lower middle), #1,030 of 2,063 scored counties and #9 of 48 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Scott 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Scott County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureScott CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.29.211.0
Spending per listing$4.7M$3.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,4221,8591,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+68.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,901$3,288$4,070
Median household income$48,786$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score4933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$215K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Scott 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 Scott County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,073+0.4% since 2020
Households
9,686
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
609 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$48,786+39.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,814
Median home value
$106,700
Jobs located here
14,736
Daytime population
30,648Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1George County, MS6777.5$4.5M+8.1%#388 of 2,063
2Marshall County, MS6364.5$7M+2.6%#491 of 2,063
3DeSoto County, MS62628.7$4.6M+6.3%#538 of 2,063
4Monroe County, MS6053.6$8.7M−2.4%#585 of 2,063
5Warren County, MS5995.4$6.5M−6.3%#632 of 2,063
6Madison County, MS544610.5$3.9M+6.5%#856 of 2,063
7Lamar County, MS532811.0$3.3M+4.7%#911 of 2,063
8Pontotoc County, MS52108.5$3.7M+2.9%#944 of 2,063
9Scott County, MS4966.2$4.7M+0.4%#1,030 of 2,063
10Jackson County, MS496811.8$3M+3.0%#1,071 of 2,063

Other business types in Scott County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Scott County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 coffee shops and cafes in Scott County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 4 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 Scott County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $28.1M a year, or $2,901 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 9,686 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Scott County has 6.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.7M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Scott County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,422 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Scott County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Scott County at 28,073 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,686 households. Median household income in Scott County is $48,786, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.6%, 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. Scott County scores 49 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,030 of 2,063 scored counties.

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