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Coffee shops and cafes in Carter County, TN
The coffee shops and cafes in Carter County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #669 of 2,063 scored counties
#29 of 67 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $73.1M
- On food away from home · $2,992 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- 97% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,361
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 coffee shops and cafes in Carter County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 20%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $2,992 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $73.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 10 coffee shops and cafes, that is $7.3M per cafe, 97% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Carter County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Carter County is 58 (upper middle), #669 of 2,063 scored counties and #29 of 67 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Carter County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 9.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $4M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,869 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +62.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,992 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,135 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 59 |
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
- 102 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,361+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,425
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 166
- Median household income
- $50,135+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,526
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,579
- Daytime population
- 45,703Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 92 | 8 | 4.6 | $8.6M | +7.7% | #16 of 2,063 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 87 | 8 | 3.5 | $10.3M | +7.0% | #37 of 2,063 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 82 | 9 | 5.5 | $7.2M | +4.1% | #76 of 2,063 |
| 4Loudon County, TN | 81 | 14 | 5.8 | $6.8M | +15.6% | #87 of 2,063 |
| 5Hawkins County, TN | 78 | 7 | 3.0 | $10.7M | +5.0% | #126 of 2,063 |
| 6Robertson County, TN | 78 | 17 | 6.0 | $6.4M | +9.9% | #134 of 2,063 |
| 7Jefferson County, TN | 78 | 14 | 6.4 | $5.4M | +9.3% | #142 of 2,063 |
| 8Lincoln County, TN | 72 | 10 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +4.3% | #251 of 2,063 |
| 9Hickman County, TN | 71 | 5 | 5.3 | $6.5M | +5.0% | #265 of 2,063 |
| 10Cumberland County, TN | 71 | 18 | 6.4 | $5M | +8.0% | #277 of 2,063 |
| 29Carter County, TN | 58 | 10 | 4.1 | $7.3M | +1.7% | #669 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Carter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes62
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops51
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops59
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Carter County, TN?
Carter County has 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $73.1M a year, or $2,992 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7.3M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,425 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, TN compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Carter County has 4.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7.3M, 97% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Carter County would have about 20, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 57,361 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,425 households. The median household income in Carter County is $50,135 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Carter County scores 58 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #669 of 2,063 scored counties.
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