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Coffee shops and cafes in the McMinnville, TN area

How the McMinnville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #87 of 529 scored small-town markets
#6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
8
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$50.8M
On food away from home · $3,133 a household
Spending per listing
$7.3M
96% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,717
+6.5% 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 the McMinnville area comes to about $50.8M a year: $3,133 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.3M per cafe, 96% 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 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the McMinnville area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 61% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the McMinnville area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,025 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the McMinnville area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the McMinnville area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the McMinnville area is 66 (upper middle), #87 of 529 scored small-town markets and #6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the McMinnville area 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in McMinnville, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMcMinnville areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.39.311.0
Spending per listing$7.3M$4M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,0251,8691,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+62.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,133$3,670$4,070
Median household income$55,487$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6659

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$466K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the McMinnville area, 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 the McMinnville area

Population, 2025 estimate
43,717+6.5% since 2020
Households
16,203
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$55,487+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,703
Median home value
$192,900
Jobs located here
12,649
Daytime population
36,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the McMinnville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayetteville, TN78106.7$5.1M+4.3%#14 of 529
2Crossville, TN75186.4$5M+8.0%#27 of 529
3Shelbyville, TN74168.2$4.3M+9.7%#36 of 529
4Lewisburg, TN72118.1$4.5M+10.5%#46 of 529
5Greeneville, TN67196.7$4.7M+5.0%#79 of 529
6McMinnville, TN6674.3$7.3M+6.5%#87 of 529
7Athens, TN66207.6$4.4M+8.2%#95 of 529
8Winchester, TN61158.6$4M+6.4%#154 of 529
9Dyersburg, TN56106.8$4.8M−1.1%#204 of 529
10Newport, TN56106.4$4.5M+5.1%#205 of 529

Other business types in the McMinnville area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the McMinnville, TN area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 coffee shops and cafes in the McMinnville area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 8 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 the McMinnville, TN area spend on food away from home?

About $50.8M a year, or $3,133 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 16,203 households in the McMinnville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the McMinnville, TN area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The McMinnville area has 4.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7.3M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the McMinnville area would have about 14, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,025 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the McMinnville, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the McMinnville area at 43,717 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,203 households. Median household income in the McMinnville area is $55,487, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The McMinnville area scores 66 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #87 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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