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Coffee shops and cafes in Forest County, PA

How Forest County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On food away from home · $3,009 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
5.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
6,614
−5.1% 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 Forest County comes to about $5.8M a year: $3,009 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.8M of household spending for each cafe on map listings. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Forest County has 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Forest County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Forest County declined 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Forest County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Forest County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureForest CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.28.611.0
Spending per listing$5.8M$4.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,8151,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.1%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,009$3,973$4,070
Median household income$52,191$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored60

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Forest 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 Forest County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,614−5.1% since 2020
Households
1,920
Median age
50.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
427 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$52,191
Average household income
$64,867
Median home value
$115,300
Jobs located here
1,738
Daytime population
6,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Perry County, PA79116.0$6.4M+2.1%#116 of 2,063
2York County, PA791266.9$5.8M+3.6%#119 of 2,063
3Franklin County, PA77446.9$5.5M+3.0%#158 of 2,063
4Pike County, PA77208.2$4.8M+7.2%#165 of 2,063
5Schuylkill County, PA74203.4$10.2M+1.5%#194 of 2,063
6Lehigh County, PA74926.4$6.4M+2.7%#204 of 2,063
7Chester County, PA741899.2$5.6M+4.2%#205 of 2,063
8Cumberland County, PA74918.6$4.9M+6.5%#214 of 2,063
9Adams County, PA73245.9$6.8M+3.6%#226 of 2,063
10Berks County, PA731207.4$5.4M+2.7%#238 of 2,063
Forest County, PANot scored15.2$5.8M−5.1%

Other business types in Forest County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Forest County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 coffee shop or cafe in Forest County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Forest County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Forest County, PA spend on food away from home?

About $5.8M a year, or $3,009 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 1,920 households in Forest County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Forest County has 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Forest County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Forest County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Forest County at 6,614 people in 2025, down 5.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,920 households. Median household income in Forest County is $52,191, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in Forest County

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