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Coffee shops and cafes in Taylor County, TX

How Taylor 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,243 of 2,063 scored counties
#92 of 150 scored counties in Texas

Listings
54
20 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
42
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +68.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$194.1M
On food away from home · $3,533 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.8
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
150,077
+4.6% 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 54 coffee shops and cafes in Taylor County. 20 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Households in Taylor County spend about $194.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,533 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 54 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.6M per cafe, 3% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Taylor County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 68.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,308 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 also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Taylor County.

Population estimates put the population change in Taylor County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Taylor County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,243 of 2,063 scored counties and #92 of 150 scored counties in Texas.

How Taylor 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 Taylor County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTaylor CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.810.411.0
Spending per listing$3.6M$3.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,3081,4581,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+68.0%+38.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,533$3,970$4,070
Median household income$67,139$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4462

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 42All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +68.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
474
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
14All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5420 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Taylor 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 Taylor County

Population, 2025 estimate
150,077+4.6% since 2020
Households
54,934
Median age
35.1
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
916 sq. mi.
People per square mile
159
Median household income
$67,139+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,419
Median home value
$198,600
Jobs located here
64,893
Daytime population
148,613Residents 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 Taylor 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
92Taylor County, TX44549.8$3.6M+4.6%#1,243 of 2,063

Other business types in Taylor County

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

Questions

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

There are 54 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Taylor County as of September 2026. 20 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 68.0% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $194.1M a year, or $3,533 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 54,934 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Taylor County has 9.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.6M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Taylor County would have about 52, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,308 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 68.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Taylor County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Taylor County at 150,077 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,934 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $67,139 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Taylor County scores 44 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,243 of 2,063 scored counties.

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