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Coffee shops and cafes in Austin County, TX
The coffee shops and cafes in Austin County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #546 of 2,063 scored counties
#38 of 150 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $47.2M
- On food away from home · $3,889 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,625
- +11.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Austin County spend about $47.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,889 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per cafe, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Austin County has 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Austin County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 1,733 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. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Austin County grew 11.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Austin County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #546 of 2,063 scored counties and #38 of 150 scored counties in Texas.
How Austin County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Austin County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,733 | 1,458 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,889 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,789 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $791K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Austin 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 Austin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,625+11.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,128
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 647 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $75,789+14.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,163
- Median home value
- $296,900
- Jobs located here
- 9,751
- Daytime population
- 24,003Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 89 | 14 | 7.6 | $5.4M | +21.9% | #27 of 2,063 |
| 2Llano County, TX | 83 | 5 | 4.6 | $8.1M | +9.5% | #62 of 2,063 |
| 3Guadalupe County, TX | 79 | 52 | 7.9 | $5.3M | +15.8% | #122 of 2,063 |
| 4Liberty County, TX | 78 | 19 | 6.1 | $5.9M | +31.3% | #138 of 2,063 |
| 5Rusk County, TX | 74 | 10 | 5.5 | $6.4M | +5.0% | #203 of 2,063 |
| 6Bandera County, TX | 74 | 7 | 7.6 | $4.9M | +9.0% | #213 of 2,063 |
| 7San Jacinto County, TX | 73 | 6 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +7.1% | #230 of 2,063 |
| 8Medina County, TX | 73 | 13 | 7.3 | $5.2M | +11.4% | #239 of 2,063 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 73 | 16 | 8.8 | $4.8M | +12.2% | #241 of 2,063 |
| 10Washington County, TX | 72 | 13 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +7.0% | #256 of 2,063 |
| 38Austin County, TX | 62 | 12 | 9.9 | $3.9M | +11.6% | #546 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Austin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants55
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza77
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Austin County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 coffee shops and cafes in Austin County. One of them (8%) 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. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Austin County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $47.2M a year, or $3,889 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 12,128 households in Austin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Austin County, TX compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Austin County has 9.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.9M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Austin County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,733 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Austin County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Austin County at 33,625 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,128 households. Median household income in Austin County is $75,789, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.5%, 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. Austin County scores 62 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #546 of 2,063 scored counties.
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