Food and drink · County · New Mexico
Coffee shops and cafes in Sierra County, NM
How Sierra County, NM 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 6 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,061 of 2,063 scored counties
#24 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On food away from home · $2,711 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.5
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,395
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Sierra County scores 6 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #2,061 of 2,063 scored counties and #24 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,711 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in Sierra County spend about $14.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.6M per cafe, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Sierra County has 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 16.5 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Sierra County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $65K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Sierra County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sierra County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sierra County 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 | Sierra County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.5 | 11.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $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 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,711 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,600 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 6 | 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
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $65K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Sierra 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 Sierra County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,395−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,440
- Median age
- 53.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,181 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $41,600+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,369
- Median home value
- $152,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,194
- Daytime population
- 10,971Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Sierra County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 73 | 51 | 9.0 | $4.5M | +6.9% | #242 of 2,063 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 69 | 21 | 7.6 | $4.4M | +7.2% | #341 of 2,063 |
| 3Rio Arriba County, NM | 65 | 7 | 4.5 | $7.4M | −1.0% | #418 of 2,063 |
| 4Los Alamos County, NM | 57 | 12 | 14.6 | $3.8M | 0.0% | #740 of 2,063 |
| 5Otero County, NM | 53 | 22 | 9.0 | $3.7M | +3.7% | #902 of 2,063 |
| 6Doña Ana County, NM | 49 | 80 | 9.4 | $3.5M | +4.1% | #1,058 of 2,063 |
| 7Cibola County, NM | 42 | 7 | 8.2 | $3.7M | −0.6% | #1,307 of 2,063 |
| 8San Miguel County, NM | 41 | 10 | 8.4 | $3.6M | −3.2% | #1,338 of 2,063 |
| 9Santa Fe County, NM | 37 | 108 | 15.3 | $2.6M | +1.2% | #1,528 of 2,063 |
| 10San Juan County, NM | 33 | 41 | 9.8 | $3.4M | −0.9% | #1,647 of 2,063 |
| 24Sierra County, NM | 6 | 9 | 16.5 | $1.6M | −1.4% | #2,061 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Sierra County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes21
- Sit-down restaurants11
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes6
- 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 Sierra County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 coffee shops and cafes in Sierra County. None of them 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 Sierra County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Sierra County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $14.7M a year, or $2,711 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 5,440 households in Sierra County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sierra County, NM compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Sierra County has 16.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.6M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Sierra County would have about 4, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Sierra County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Sierra County at 11,395 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,440 households. Median household income in Sierra County is $41,600, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.8%, 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. Sierra County scores 6 for coffee shops and cafes (very low), #2,061 of 2,063 scored counties.
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