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Coffee shops and cafes in Wayne County, MS
How Wayne 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $21.6M
- On food away from home · $2,808 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,807
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 coffee shops and cafes in Wayne County. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
Households in Wayne County spend about $21.6M a year on food away from home, or $2,808 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.8M of household spending for each cafe on map listings. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Wayne County in 2023. That is one for every 1,920 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.
Population estimates show Wayne County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Wayne County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.8M | $3.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,920 | 1,859 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +68.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,808 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $37,619 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $64K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,8070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,681
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $37,619−0.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,777
- Median home value
- $91,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,625
- Daytime population
- 16,686Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wayne County?
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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 |
| Wayne County, MS | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $10.8M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Wayne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops20
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Wayne County, MS?
Wayne County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 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. 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 Wayne County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $21.6M a year, or $2,808 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $10.8M 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 7,681 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, MS compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Wayne County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Wayne County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,920 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Wayne County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 19,807 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,681 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $37,619 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 0.2% 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. Wayne County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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