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Coffee shops and cafes in Erath County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Erath County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,609 of 2,063 scored counties
#120 of 150 scored counties in Texas

Listings
18
8 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
16
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$58.7M
On food away from home · $3,491 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,911
+2.8% 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

Erath County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,609 of 2,063 scored counties and #120 of 150 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Erath County spend about $58.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,491 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per cafe, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Erath County has 18 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Erath County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,051 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. Population estimates show Erath County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Erath 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Erath County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureErath CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.710.411.0
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,0511,4581,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,491$3,970$4,070
Median household income$65,115$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3462

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 16All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
218
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
188 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Erath 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 Erath County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,911+2.8% since 2020
Households
16,816
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,083 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$65,115+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,669
Median home value
$269,100
Jobs located here
17,708
Daytime population
40,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Erath County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX89147.6$5.4M+21.9%#27 of 2,063
2Llano County, TX8354.6$8.1M+9.5%#62 of 2,063
3Guadalupe County, TX79527.9$5.3M+15.8%#122 of 2,063
4Liberty County, TX78196.1$5.9M+31.3%#138 of 2,063
5Rusk County, TX74105.5$6.4M+5.0%#203 of 2,063
6Bandera County, TX7477.6$4.9M+9.0%#213 of 2,063
7San Jacinto County, TX7365.5$6.2M+7.1%#230 of 2,063
8Medina County, TX73137.3$5.2M+11.4%#239 of 2,063
9Wilson County, TX73168.8$4.8M+12.2%#241 of 2,063
10Washington County, TX72138.4$4.5M+7.0%#256 of 2,063
120Erath County, TX341810.7$3.3M+2.8%#1,609 of 2,063

Other business types in Erath County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Erath County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 coffee shops and cafes in Erath County. 8 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 16 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 Erath County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $58.7M a year, or $3,491 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 16,816 households in Erath County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Erath County, TX compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Erath County has 10.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.3M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Erath County would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,051 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Erath County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Erath County at 43,911 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,816 households. Median household income in Erath County is $65,115, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Erath County scores 34 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,609 of 2,063 scored counties.

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