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Coffee shops and cafes in Karnes County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Karnes County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,888 of 2,063 scored counties
#141 of 150 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.6M
- On food away from home · $3,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,018
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Karnes County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,888 of 2,063 scored counties and #141 of 150 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Karnes County spend about $16.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,504 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 coffee shops and cafes, that is $1.8M per cafe, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Karnes County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 19.0 per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Karnes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Karnes County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Karnes 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 | Karnes County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,458 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,504 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,214 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Karnes 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 Karnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,018+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,730
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 748 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $60,214+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,318
- Median home value
- $149,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,718
- Daytime population
- 14,949Residents 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 Karnes 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 |
| 141Karnes County, TX | 25 | 9 | 19.0 | $1.8M | +1.4% | #1,888 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Karnes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes25
- Bakeries and dessert shops28
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 Karnes County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 coffee shops and cafes in Karnes County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Karnes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Karnes County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $16.6M a year, or $3,504 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 4,730 households in Karnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Karnes County, TX compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Karnes County has 19.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.8M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Karnes County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Karnes County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Karnes County at 15,018 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,730 households. Median household income in Karnes County is $60,214, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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. Karnes County scores 25 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,888 of 2,063 scored counties.
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