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Coffee shops and cafes in Lawrence County, PA

How Lawrence 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 · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #835 of 2,063 scored counties
#38 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
23
5 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
15
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$123.6M
On food away from home · $3,422 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
45% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,911
−2.4% 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 Lawrence County comes to about $123.6M a year: $3,422 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 45% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 23 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 42% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Lawrence County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,408 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 show Lawrence County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Lawrence County is 54 (upper middle), #835 of 2,063 scored counties and #38 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.48.611.0
Spending per listing$5.4M$4.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,4081,8151,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.1%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,422$3,973$4,070
Median household income$61,931$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5460

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 15All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
121
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
235 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,911−2.4% since 2020
Households
36,121
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
357 sq. mi.
People per square mile
238
Median household income
$61,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,018
Median home value
$147,200
Jobs located here
26,898
Daytime population
74,365Residents 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 Lawrence 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
38Lawrence County, PA54236.4$5.4M−2.4%#835 of 2,063

Other business types in Lawrence County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 coffee shops and cafes in Lawrence County. 5 of them (22%) 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 Lawrence County, PA spend on food away from home?

About $123.6M a year, or $3,422 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 36,121 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lawrence County has 6.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.4M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 33, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,408 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Lawrence County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 83,911 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,121 households. Median household income in Lawrence County is $61,931, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Lawrence County scores 54 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #835 of 2,063 scored counties.

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