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Coffee shops and cafes in Herkimer County, NY

How Herkimer County, NY 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #923 of 2,063 scored counties
#23 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
16
7 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
15
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$90.6M
On food away from home · $3,520 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
53% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,219
−1.4% since 2020

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

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Herkimer County comes to about $90.6M a year: $3,520 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 coffee shops and cafes, that is $5.7M per cafe, 53% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Herkimer County has 16 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Herkimer County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,716 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.

Population estimates put the population change in Herkimer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, Herkimer County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #923 of 2,063 scored counties and #23 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Herkimer County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Herkimer County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureHerkimer CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.212.211.0
Spending per listing$5.7M$3.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,7161,0751,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,520$4,270$4,070
Median household income$68,515$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5236

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 15All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
167 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Herkimer 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 Herkimer County

Population, 2025 estimate
59,219−1.4% since 2020
Households
25,741
Median age
44.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$68,515+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,546
Median home value
$147,700
Jobs located here
15,576
Daytime population
47,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wyoming County, NY7074.3$8.3M−1.3%#286 of 2,063
2Wayne County, NY70215.5$6.8M+0.1%#291 of 2,063
3Putnam County, NY69349.6$5.3M+1.4%#324 of 2,063
4Rockland County, NY67908.7$5.6M+5.9%#378 of 2,063
5Washington County, NY66104.1$8.9M−2.9%#393 of 2,063
6Saratoga County, NY66908.8$5.2M+2.3%#401 of 2,063
7Schenectady County, NY61588.7$4.6M+3.0%#565 of 2,063
8Richmond County, NY601408.2$5.5M+1.3%#594 of 2,063
9Rensselaer County, NY59497.3$5.6M−0.2%#637 of 2,063
10Westchester County, NY593609.7$5.3M+1.4%#639 of 2,063
23Herkimer County, NY52166.2$5.7M−1.4%#923 of 2,063

Other business types in Herkimer County

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

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Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Herkimer County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 coffee shops and cafes in Herkimer County. 7 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 15 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 Herkimer County, NY spend on food away from home?

About $90.6M a year, or $3,520 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 25,741 households in Herkimer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Herkimer County has 6.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.7M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 25, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,716 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Herkimer County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Herkimer County at 59,219 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,741 households. Median household income in Herkimer County is $68,515, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Herkimer County scores 52 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #923 of 2,063 scored counties.

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