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Coffee shops and cafes in Venango County, PA

How Venango 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #589 of 2,063 scored counties
#26 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
7
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$70.5M
On food away from home · $3,294 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
73% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,346
−2.0% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Venango County comes to about $70.5M a year: $3,294 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 coffee shops and cafes, that is $6.4M per cafe, 73% 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 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Venango County as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Venango County in 2023. That is one for every 3,057 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. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Venango County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Venango County is 60 (upper middle), #589 of 2,063 scored counties and #26 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Venango 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 Venango County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureVenango CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.18.611.0
Spending per listing$6.4M$4.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)3,0571,8151,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.1%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,294$3,973$4,070
Median household income$61,522$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6060

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$508K
One-person businesses, 2023
4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Venango 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 Venango County

Population, 2025 estimate
49,346−2.0% since 2020
Households
21,397
Median age
47.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
674 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$61,522+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,995
Median home value
$119,800
Jobs located here
16,142
Daytime population
45,367Residents 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 Venango 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
26Venango County, PA60115.1$6.4M−2.0%#589 of 2,063

Other business types in Venango County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 coffee shops and cafes in Venango County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 7 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $70.5M a year, or $3,294 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 21,397 households in Venango County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Venango County has 5.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.4M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Venango County would have about 19, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,057 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Venango County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Venango County at 49,346 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,397 households. Median household income in Venango County is $61,522, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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. Venango County scores 60 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #589 of 2,063 scored counties.

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