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Coffee shops and cafes in Mason County, TX

The coffee shops and cafes in Mason County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.9M
On food away from home · $3,424 a household
Spending per listing
$976K
74% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.1
3.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,990
+0.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 coffee shops and cafes in Mason County. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 35.1 for every 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Households in Mason County spend about $5.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,424 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 coffee shops and cafes, that is $976K per cafe, 74% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Mason County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mason County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Mason 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 Mason County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMason CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.110.411.0
Spending per listing$976K$3.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,4581,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,424$3,970$4,070
Median household income$74,180$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

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
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Mason 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 Mason County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,990+0.5% since 2020
Households
1,711
Median age
52.3
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
929 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$74,180
Average household income
$80,278
Median home value
$293,600
Jobs located here
1,143
Daytime population
3,871Residents 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 Mason 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
Mason County, TXNot scored635.1$976K+0.5%

Other business types in Mason County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

There are 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Mason County as of September 2026. 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 Mason County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $5.9M a year, or $3,424 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $976K 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 1,711 households in Mason County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mason County has 35.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $976K, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Mason County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Mason County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Mason County at 3,990 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,711 households. The median household income in Mason County is $74,180 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in Mason County

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