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Coffee shops and cafes in Hampton County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Hampton County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.6M
- On food away from home · $2,847 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,174
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hampton County spend about $20.6M a year on food away from home, or $2,847 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Hampton County has 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Hampton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Hampton County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Hampton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hampton County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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.
| Measure | Hampton County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 8.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $4.4M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,612 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,847 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,711 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Hampton 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 Hampton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,174−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,225
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 560 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $44,711+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,824
- Median home value
- $112,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,300
- Daytime population
- 15,001Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 90 | 23 | 5.7 | $6.9M | +18.3% | #22 of 2,063 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 87 | 62 | 6.6 | $5.9M | +18.7% | #44 of 2,063 |
| 3Aiken County, SC | 85 | 37 | 5.3 | $6.9M | +7.3% | #49 of 2,063 |
| 4Jasper County, SC | 83 | 5 | 3.8 | $9.1M | +32.2% | #60 of 2,063 |
| 5Dorchester County, SC | 83 | 47 | 7.4 | $5.2M | +10.1% | #70 of 2,063 |
| 6York County, SC | 82 | 74 | 6.5 | $6.5M | +8.1% | #81 of 2,063 |
| 7Kershaw County, SC | 82 | 15 | 5.6 | $6.4M | +11.6% | #82 of 2,063 |
| 8Lexington County, SC | 79 | 88 | 7.2 | $5.3M | +7.7% | #123 of 2,063 |
| 9Oconee County, SC | 77 | 21 | 6.1 | $5.7M | +6.3% | #154 of 2,063 |
| 10Laurens County, SC | 73 | 15 | 5.6 | $5.7M | +6.2% | #235 of 2,063 |
| Hampton County, SC | Not scored | 4 | 5.5 | $5.1M | −1.9% |
Other business types in Hampton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops11
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Hampton County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 coffee shops and cafes in Hampton 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 Hampton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hampton County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $20.6M a year, or $2,847 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 7,225 households in Hampton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hampton County, SC compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Hampton County has 5.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.1M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Hampton County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Hampton County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Hampton County at 18,174 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,225 households. Median household income in Hampton County is $44,711, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Hampton County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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