Food and drink · Small-town market · New Mexico
Coffee shops and cafes in the Los Alamos, NM area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Los Alamos, NM area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #123 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $45.6M
- On food away from home · $5,525 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,407
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 coffee shops and cafes in the Los Alamos area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 17%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 14.6 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the Los Alamos area comes to about $45.6M a year: $5,525 per household, 36% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 3% above 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 the Los Alamos area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Los Alamos area held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, the Los Alamos area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #123 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Los Alamos area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Los Alamos area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 11.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $3M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,727 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,525 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $147,139 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 26 |
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
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 the Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,4070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,247
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,885
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,699
- Daytime population
- 29,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardCoffee shops and cafes across New Mexico
Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Los Alamos area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Española, NM | 68 | 7 | 4.5 | $7.4M | −1.0% | #66 of 529 |
| 2Los Alamos, NM | 63 | 12 | 14.6 | $3.8M | 0.0% | #123 of 529 |
| 3Alamogordo, NM | 58 | 22 | 9.0 | $3.7M | +3.7% | #186 of 529 |
| 4Las Vegas, NM | 43 | 12 | 8.6 | $3.5M | −3.2% | #337 of 529 |
| 5Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 38 | 36 | 15.2 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #394 of 529 |
| 6Hobbs, NM | 35 | 31 | 12.6 | $2.9M | +0.2% | #434 of 529 |
| 7Roswell, NM | 29 | 23 | 9.7 | $3.3M | −2.7% | #471 of 529 |
| 8Gallup, NM | 28 | 24 | 11.2 | $2.6M | −6.1% | #486 of 529 |
| 9Deming, NM | 26 | 8 | 8.7 | $3.1M | −0.2% | #494 of 529 |
| 10Clovis, NM | 25 | 28 | 10.8 | $3M | −3.3% | #498 of 529 |
Other business types in the Los Alamos area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes84
- Sit-down restaurants86
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Los Alamos, NM area?
The Los Alamos area has 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Los Alamos area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Los Alamos, NM area spend on food away from home?
About $45.6M a year, or $5,525 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 8,247 households in the Los Alamos area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Los Alamos, NM area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Los Alamos area has 14.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.8M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending.
How fast is the Los Alamos, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Los Alamos area at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. The median household income in the Los Alamos area is $147,139 a year, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.3% 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. 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 Los Alamos area scores 63 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #123 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in the Los Alamos area
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