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Coffee shops and cafes in Ector County, TX
How Ector County, TX 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #435 of 2,063 scored counties
#27 of 150 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 52
- 24 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $238.5M
- On food away from home · $3,694 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,801
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 coffee shops and cafes in Ector County. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 46%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in Ector County spend about $238.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,694 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per cafe, 24% 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.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ector County in 2023. That is one for every 2,018 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ector County.
Population estimates put the population change in Ector County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Ector County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #435 of 2,063 scored counties and #27 of 150 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ector 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 | Ector County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $3.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,018 | 1,458 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,694 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,536 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 32All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 342
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5224 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ector 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 Ector County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,801+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 64,563
- Median age
- 32.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 183
- Median household income
- $71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,485
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 73,944
- Daytime population
- 162,861Residents 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 |
| 27Ector County, TX | 65 | 52 | 8.1 | $4.6M | +5.0% | #435 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Ector County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes65
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
Groceries and convenience
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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 Ector County, TX?
There are 52 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Ector County as of September 2026. 24 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ector County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $238.5M a year, or $3,694 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 64,563 households in Ector County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ector County, TX compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Ector County has 8.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.6M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Ector County would have about 64, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,018 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Ector County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ector County at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. The median household income in Ector County is $71,536 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% 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. Ector County scores 65 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #435 of 2,063 scored counties.
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