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Coffee shops and cafes in Union County, MS
The coffee shops and cafes in Union County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,780 of 2,063 scored counties
#30 of 48 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $31.9M
- On food away from home · $3,234 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,459
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Union County is 29 (lower middle), #1,780 of 2,063 scored counties and #30 of 48 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Union County spend about $31.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,234 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 coffee shops and cafes, that is $2.9M per cafe, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Union County has 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.2, 2% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Union County in 2023. That is one for every 1,407 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 Union County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Union 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 | Union County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,407 | 1,859 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +68.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,234 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,505 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $418K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,459+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,849
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $55,505+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,967
- Median home value
- $163,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,888
- Daytime population
- 29,136Residents 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 Union 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 |
| 30Union County, MS | 29 | 11 | 11.2 | $2.9M | +2.3% | #1,780 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Union County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes29
- Bakeries and dessert shops32
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Union County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 coffee shops and cafes in Union County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 7 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 list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $31.9M a year, or $3,234 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 9,849 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, MS compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Union County has 11.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Union County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,407 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 28,459 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,849 households. Median household income in Union County is $55,505, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Union County scores 29 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,780 of 2,063 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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