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Coffee shops and cafes in Wayne County, PA

How Wayne 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,557 of 2,063 scored counties
#58 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
24
3 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
12
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$72.7M
On food away from home · $3,485 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.5
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,703
+1.1% 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

For coffee shops and cafes, Wayne County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,557 of 2,063 scored counties and #58 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Wayne County comes to about $72.7M a year: $3,485 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Wayne County has 24 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 11.5 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Wayne County in 2023. That is one for every 1,740 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 put the population change in Wayne County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.58.611.0
Spending per listing$3M$4.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,7401,8151,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.1%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,485$3,973$4,070
Median household income$62,381$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score3660

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 12All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
140
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
243 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,703+1.1% since 2020
Households
20,877
Median age
49.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
726 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$62,381+11.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,112
Median home value
$242,100
Jobs located here
14,421
Daytime population
42,957Residents 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 Wayne 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
58Wayne County, PA362411.5$3M+1.1%#1,557 of 2,063

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 coffee shops and cafes in Wayne County. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 12 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 Wayne County, PA spend on food away from home?

About $72.7M a year, or $3,485 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 20,877 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 11.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Wayne County would have about 20, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,740 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 51,703 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,877 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $62,381, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.2%, 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. Wayne County scores 36 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,557 of 2,063 scored counties.

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

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