Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Coffee shops and cafes in the Lufkin, TX area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Lufkin, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 529 scored small-town markets
#12 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 23
- 9 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $107.6M
- On food away from home · $3,334 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,154
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 coffee shops and cafes in the Lufkin area. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in the Lufkin area spend about $107.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,334 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.7M per cafe, 26% 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Lufkin area in 2023. That is one for every 1,898 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. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lufkin area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Lufkin area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #190 of 529 scored small-town markets and #12 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Lufkin area 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 | Lufkin area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $3.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,898 | 1,458 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,334 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,960 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 239 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 the Lufkin area, 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 the Lufkin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,154+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,271
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $60,960+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,044
- Median home value
- $163,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,671
- Daytime population
- 87,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Lufkin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1El Campo, TX | 76 | 12 | 7.6 | $4.8M | +1.2% | #22 of 529 |
| 2Brenham, TX | 76 | 13 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +7.0% | #24 of 529 |
| 3Gainesville, TX | 73 | 13 | 7.9 | $4.9M | +6.5% | #38 of 529 |
| 4Bonham, TX | 70 | 14 | 11.0 | $3.4M | +9.2% | #62 of 529 |
| 5Sulphur Springs, TX | 68 | 12 | 8.6 | $4.2M | +6.1% | #76 of 529 |
| 6Granbury, TX | 67 | 23 | 9.0 | $4.5M | +13.6% | #83 of 529 |
| 7Port Lavaca, TX | 64 | 6 | 6.9 | $5.6M | −2.3% | #107 of 529 |
| 8Corsicana, TX | 64 | 18 | 9.5 | $3.6M | +8.2% | #115 of 529 |
| 9Bay City, TX | 63 | 11 | 7.1 | $4.7M | +0.5% | #122 of 529 |
| 10Athens, TX | 61 | 32 | 9.5 | $3.7M | +7.5% | #155 of 529 |
| 12Lufkin, TX | 57 | 23 | 7.1 | $4.7M | +1.9% | #190 of 529 |
Other business types in the Lufkin area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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 the Lufkin, TX area?
There are 23 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Lufkin area as of September 2026. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 17 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 also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lufkin, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $107.6M a year, or $3,334 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 32,271 households in the Lufkin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lufkin, TX area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Lufkin area has 7.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.7M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Lufkin area would have about 29, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,898 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lufkin, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Lufkin area at 88,154 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,271 households. The median household income in the Lufkin area is $60,960 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Lufkin area scores 57 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #190 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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