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Coffee shops and cafes in the Shawnee, OK area

How the Shawnee, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #296 of 529 scored small-town markets
#7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
25
8 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
16
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$88.5M
On food away from home · $3,286 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.3
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
75,102
+3.5% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in the Shawnee area comes to about $88.5M a year: $3,286 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Shawnee area has 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 32%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 9.3 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Shawnee area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,683 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Shawnee area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Shawnee area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #296 of 529 scored small-town markets and #7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Shawnee area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Shawnee, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureShawnee areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.310.511.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.3M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,6831,9341,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+48.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,286$3,519$4,070
Median household income$61,398$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4749

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
258 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee area

Population, 2025 estimate
75,102+3.5% since 2020
Households
26,927
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
788 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$61,398+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,941
Median home value
$165,400
Jobs located here
22,815
Daytime population
67,725Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Shawnee area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Duncan, OK75116.3$5.4M+3.4%#26 of 529
2Durant, OK56189.8$3.3M+10.9%#208 of 529
3Ardmore, OK502412.6$2.7M+1.8%#268 of 529
4Muskogee, OK49249.3$3.3M+0.7%#275 of 529
5Ada, OK481610.6$3.2M+1.2%#290 of 529
6Tahlequah, OK482211.8$2.7M+4.5%#292 of 529
7Shawnee, OK47259.3$3.5M+3.5%#296 of 529
8Altus, OK431414.3$2.4M+0.1%#346 of 529
9Guymon, OK4257.3$4.4M−4.5%#348 of 529
10Ponca City, OK39169.5$3.4M−0.3%#383 of 529

Other business types in the Shawnee area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Shawnee, OK area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 coffee shops and cafes in the Shawnee area. 8 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 16 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. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Shawnee, OK area spend on food away from home?

About $88.5M a year, or $3,286 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 26,927 households in the Shawnee area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Shawnee, OK area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Shawnee area has 9.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Shawnee area would have about 24, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,683 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the Shawnee, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Shawnee area at 75,102 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,927 households. Median household income in the Shawnee area is $61,398, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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 Shawnee area scores 47 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #296 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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