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Coffee shops and cafes in Lampasas County, TX

How Lampasas 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #478 of 2,063 scored counties
#32 of 150 scored counties in Texas

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
5
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$33.5M
On food away from home · $3,990 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,657
+9.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 coffee shops and cafes in Lampasas County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.5, 14% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Lampasas County comes to about $33.5M a year: $3,990 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 13% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Lampasas County in 2023. That is one for every 1,678 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.

Population estimates show Lampasas County grew 9.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lampasas County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #478 of 2,063 scored counties and #32 of 150 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Lampasas 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 Lampasas County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLampasas CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.510.411.0
Spending per listing$4.2M$3.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,6781,4581,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,990$3,970$4,070
Median household income$81,736$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6462

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$509K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Lampasas 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 Lampasas County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,657+9.0% since 2020
Households
8,390
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$81,736+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,866
Median home value
$250,400
Jobs located here
3,980
Daytime population
16,884Residents 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 Lampasas 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
32Lampasas County, TX6489.5$4.2M+9.0%#478 of 2,063

Other business types in Lampasas County

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

Questions

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

Lampasas County has 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 5 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.

How much do households in Lampasas County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $33.5M a year, or $3,990 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 8,390 households in Lampasas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lampasas County has 9.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.2M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Lampasas County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,678 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Lampasas County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lampasas County at 23,657 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,390 households. The median household income in Lampasas County is $81,736 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.5% 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. Lampasas County scores 64 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #478 of 2,063 scored counties.

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