Groundwork

Food and drink · County · Missouri

Coffee shops and cafes in Stone County, MO

How Stone County, MO 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,502 of 2,063 scored counties
#48 of 72 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
22
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
7
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$46.7M
On food away from home · $3,452 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.3
48% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,503
+4.1% since 2020

See the coffee shops and cafes around any address in Stone County

The site report maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Stone County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Stone County spend about $46.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,452 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 coffee shops and cafes, that is $2.1M per cafe, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Stone County has 22 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Stone County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,933 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. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Stone County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Stone County is 38 (lower middle), #1,502 of 2,063 scored counties and #48 of 72 scored counties in Missouri.

How Stone County 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Stone County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureStone CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.39.811.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.9M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,9332,0801,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.0%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,452$3,799$4,070
Median household income$63,520$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3855

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$784K
One-person businesses, 2023
6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
221 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Stone 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 Stone County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,503+4.1% since 2020
Households
13,530
Median age
52.4
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
464 sq. mi.
People per square mile
69
Median household income
$63,520+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,807
Median home value
$249,000
Jobs located here
7,170
Daytime population
25,642Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Stone County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the coffee shops and cafes on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Stone County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Coffee shops and cafes across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, MO9253.6$11.1M+9.2%#12 of 2,063
2Lincoln County, MO88167.0$5.8M+11.4%#33 of 2,063
3Jefferson County, MO85414.6$8.6M+2.7%#47 of 2,063
4Newton County, MO82115.0$7.2M+6.1%#75 of 2,063
5Christian County, MO81298.3$4.9M+8.3%#97 of 2,063
6St. Charles County, MO751187.3$6.4M+4.9%#185 of 2,063
7Cass County, MO75347.9$5.3M+7.1%#192 of 2,063
8Callaway County, MO73116.7$5.5M+3.2%#236 of 2,063
9Barry County, MO7086.0$5.7M+4.8%#296 of 2,063
10Pettis County, MO65127.1$4.8M+2.9%#434 of 2,063
48Stone County, MO382216.3$2.1M+4.1%#1,502 of 2,063

Other business types in Stone County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Stone County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 coffee shops and cafes in Stone County. One of them (5%) 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Stone County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $46.7M a year, or $3,452 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 13,530 households in Stone County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stone County has 16.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.1M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Stone County would have about 13, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,933 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Stone County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Stone County at 32,503 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,530 households. Median household income in Stone County is $63,520, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Stone County scores 38 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,502 of 2,063 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Stone County. It maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in Stone County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Stone County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Stone County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.