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Coffee shops and cafes in Real County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Real County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On food away from home · $2,943 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
70% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.6
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,745
−0.1% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Real County comes to about $3.3M a year: $2,943 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 coffee shops and cafes, that is $1.1M per cafe, 70% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Real County has 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.6, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Real County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Real County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Real 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 Real County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureReal CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.610.411.0
Spending per listing$1.1M$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, 2020–2025−0.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,943$3,970$4,070
Median household income$39,605$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
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Real 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 Real County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,745−0.1% since 2020
Households
1,128
Median age
48.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
699 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$39,605
Average household income
$67,851
Median home value
$112,500
Jobs located here
788
Daytime population
2,627Residents 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 Real 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
Real County, TXNot scored326.6$1.1M−0.1%

Other business types in Real 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 Real County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 coffee shops and cafes in Real County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Real County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $3.3M a year, or $2,943 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 1,128 households in Real County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Real County has 26.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.1M, 70% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Real County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Real County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Real County at 2,745 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,128 households. Median household income in Real County is $39,605, 51% 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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