Food and drink · Small-town market · Missouri
Coffee shops and cafes in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area
How the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #333 of 529 scored small-town markets
#10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $58.4M
- On food away from home · $3,465 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,442
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Fort Leonard Wood area comes to about $58.4M a year: $3,465 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per cafe, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Fort Leonard Wood area has 26 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.4, 40% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Fort Leonard Wood area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,809 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 $255K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fort Leonard Wood area.
Population estimates show the Fort Leonard Wood area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Fort Leonard Wood area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #333 of 529 scored small-town markets and #10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Fort Leonard Wood area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Fort Leonard Wood area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 9.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,809 | 2,080 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.0% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,465 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,466 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $255K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fort Leonard Wood area, 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 the Fort Leonard Wood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,442+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,851
- Median age
- 30.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 547 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $64,466+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,072
- Median home value
- $189,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,976
- Daytime population
- 49,673Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Leonard Wood area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sedalia, MO | 70 | 12 | 7.1 | $4.8M | +2.9% | #60 of 529 |
| 2Warrensburg, MO | 68 | 18 | 8.5 | $4.2M | +4.9% | #75 of 529 |
| 3Farmington, MO | 63 | 17 | 6.9 | $4.9M | +2.1% | #120 of 529 |
| 4Lebanon, MO | 61 | 11 | 7.6 | $4.2M | +2.5% | #152 of 529 |
| 5Kirksville, MO | 55 | 9 | 8.6 | $3.9M | +1.9% | #215 of 529 |
| 6Mexico, MO | 54 | 6 | 6.5 | $5.1M | −1.0% | #219 of 529 |
| 7Sikeston, MO | 51 | 13 | 6.6 | $5.1M | −0.3% | #253 of 529 |
| 8Moberly, MO | 48 | 8 | 8.7 | $3.7M | +0.2% | #285 of 529 |
| 9Hannibal, MO | 46 | 14 | 9.2 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #301 of 529 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 44 | 28 | 9.0 | $3.9M | −2.0% | #324 of 529 |
| 10Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 44 | 26 | 15.4 | $2.2M | +0.8% | #333 of 529 |
Other business types in the Fort Leonard Wood area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 coffee shops and cafes in the Fort Leonard Wood area. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 6 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 the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area spend on food away from home?
About $58.4M a year, or $3,465 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 16,851 households in the Fort Leonard Wood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Fort Leonard Wood area has 15.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.2M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Fort Leonard Wood area would have about 16, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,809 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Leonard Wood area at 54,442 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,851 households. Median household income in the Fort Leonard Wood area is $64,466, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Fort Leonard Wood area scores 44 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #333 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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