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Coffee shops and cafes in Thurston County, NE
The coffee shops and cafes in Thurston County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.1M
- On food away from home · $3,570 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,752
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 coffee shops and cafes in Thurston County. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.1, 37% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,570 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Thurston County spend about $7.1M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Thurston County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Thurston County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Thurston County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Thurston County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 12.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,602 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,570 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,177 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Thurston 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 Thurston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,752−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,990
- Median age
- 29.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $69,177
- Average household income
- $86,211
- Median home value
- $114,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,411
- Daytime population
- 7,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, NE | 81 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.9M | +3.9% | #92 of 2,063 |
| 2Saunders County, NE | 72 | 10 | 11.2 | $3.8M | +6.0% | #258 of 2,063 |
| 3Washington County, NE | 69 | 8 | 9.5 | $4.6M | +1.8% | #337 of 2,063 |
| 4Gage County, NE | 63 | 7 | 7.5 | $4.8M | +0.2% | #501 of 2,063 |
| 5Sarpy County, NE | 58 | 100 | 13.5 | $3.4M | +9.0% | #707 of 2,063 |
| 6Otoe County, NE | 53 | 7 | 11.0 | $3.6M | +3.9% | #904 of 2,063 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 52 | 15 | 11.0 | $3.4M | +3.9% | #951 of 2,063 |
| 8Seward County, NE | 48 | 7 | 10.3 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #1,094 of 2,063 |
| 9Dodge County, NE | 48 | 16 | 10.5 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #1,100 of 2,063 |
| 10Saline County, NE | 48 | 6 | 11.7 | $3.3M | +1.9% | #1,110 of 2,063 |
| Thurston County, NE | Not scored | 3 | 15.1 | $2.4M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Thurston County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Thurston County, NE?
Thurston County has 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Thurston County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Thurston County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $7.1M a year, or $3,570 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 1,990 households in Thurston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Thurston County, NE compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Thurston County has 15.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.4M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Thurston County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Thurston County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Thurston County at 6,752 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,990 households. The median household income in Thurston County is $69,177 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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