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Coffee shops and cafes in Sandusky County, OH
How Sandusky County, OH 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 #939 of 2,063 scored counties
#56 of 77 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $85.7M
- On food away from home · $3,472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,655
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,472 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Sandusky County spend about $85.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.1M per cafe, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Sandusky County has 21 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Sandusky County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,743 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sandusky County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, Sandusky County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #939 of 2,063 scored counties and #56 of 77 scored counties in Ohio.
How Sandusky County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Sandusky County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $4.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,743 | 1,996 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.9% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,472 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,295 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $533K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Sandusky 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 Sandusky County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,655−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,686
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $62,295+15.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,613
- Median home value
- $160,700
- Jobs located here
- 26,036
- Daytime population
- 55,882Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Sandusky County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morrow County, OH | 87 | 5 | 3.7 | $10.4M | +3.7% | #36 of 2,063 |
| 2Union County, OH | 87 | 19 | 7.8 | $6.1M | +16.5% | #43 of 2,063 |
| 3Clermont County, OH | 83 | 52 | 6.1 | $6.8M | +3.9% | #66 of 2,063 |
| 4Pickaway County, OH | 82 | 11 | 5.0 | $7.7M | +7.4% | #72 of 2,063 |
| 5Fairfield County, OH | 80 | 42 | 7.0 | $6.2M | +6.5% | #107 of 2,063 |
| 6Lorain County, OH | 77 | 84 | 6.6 | $5.9M | +3.1% | #153 of 2,063 |
| 7Warren County, OH | 77 | 80 | 8.7 | $5.6M | +5.7% | #157 of 2,063 |
| 8Madison County, OH | 76 | 16 | 10.2 | $4.1M | +7.1% | #179 of 2,063 |
| 9Clinton County, OH | 75 | 6 | 3.6 | $10.3M | +0.6% | #180 of 2,063 |
| 10Henry County, OH | 74 | 5 | 4.4 | $8.7M | −0.2% | #195 of 2,063 |
| 56Sandusky County, OH | 52 | 21 | 8.5 | $4.1M | −0.4% | #939 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Sandusky County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes52
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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 Sandusky County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 coffee shops and cafes in Sandusky County. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 9 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 Sandusky County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $85.7M a year, or $3,472 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 24,686 households in Sandusky County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sandusky County, OH compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Sandusky County has 8.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Sandusky County would have about 23, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,743 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Sandusky County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Sandusky County at 58,655 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,686 households. Median household income in Sandusky County is $62,295, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.2%, 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. Sandusky County scores 52 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #939 of 2,063 scored counties.
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