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Coffee shops and cafes in Hill County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Hill County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #785 of 2,063 scored counties
#58 of 150 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 5 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $47.1M
- On food away from home · $3,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,503
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Hill County comes to about $47.1M a year: $3,419 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 coffee shops and cafes, that is $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.
Hill County has 12 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Hill County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 1,967 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. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Hill County grew 9.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Hill County is 56 (upper middle), #785 of 2,063 scored counties and #58 of 150 scored counties in Texas.
How Hill 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 | Hill County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,967 | 1,458 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,419 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,591 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 125 chain locations
- 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 Hill 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 Hill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,503+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 13,767
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 959 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $64,591+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,851
- Median home value
- $179,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,342
- Daytime population
- 31,456Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Hill County marked.
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 |
| 58Hill County, TX | 56 | 12 | 8.7 | $3.9M | +9.8% | #785 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Hill County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes56
- Bakeries and dessert shops49
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 Hill County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 coffee shops and cafes in Hill County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. 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 also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hill County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $47.1M a year, or $3,419 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, 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 13,767 households in Hill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hill County, TX compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Hill County has 8.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% 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, Hill County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,967 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Hill County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hill County at 39,503 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,767 households. Median household income in Hill County is $64,591, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Hill County scores 56 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #785 of 2,063 scored counties.
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