Groundwork

Food and drink · Metro area · Texas

Coffee shops and cafes in the Tyler, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Tyler, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #294 of 387 scored metro areas
#18 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
99
48 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
80
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +86.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$314.3M
On food away from home · $3,780 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.9
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
252,549
+7.8% since 2020

See the coffee shops and cafes around any address in the Tyler metro area

The site report maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Tyler metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Tyler metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #294 of 387 scored metro areas and #18 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on food away from home in the Tyler metro area comes to about $314.3M a year: $3,780 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 99 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Tyler metro area as of September 2026. 48 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.9, 8% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 80 businesses with payroll in the Tyler metro area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 86.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,039 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Tyler metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tyler metro area grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Tyler metro 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Tyler, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTyler metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.910.411.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$3.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,0391,4581,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+86.1%+38.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,780$3,970$4,070
Median household income$74,192$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3862

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
80All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +86.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
690
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
15All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9948 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Tyler metro 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 Tyler metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
252,549+7.8% since 2020
Households
83,134
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
262
Median household income
$74,192+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,956
Median home value
$240,700
Jobs located here
111,630
Daytime population
252,433Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in the Tyler metro area?

These figures cover the whole metro area. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the coffee shops and cafes on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of the Tyler metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Coffee shops and cafes across Texas

Every Texas market ranked →

The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Tyler metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Odessa, TX66528.1$4.6M+5.0%#70 of 387
2Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX622,6339.9$4.2M+10.3%#97 of 387
3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX622,99310.4$4.1M+10.6%#98 of 387
4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX611,19512.1$3.8M+14.0%#105 of 387
5Midland, TX577510.8$4M+9.8%#137 of 387
6Wichita Falls, TX54386.7$5.2M+0.7%#158 of 387
7Killeen-Temple, TX531568.8$4M+7.2%#171 of 387
8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX531,04010.7$3.6M+9.5%#175 of 387
9Victoria, TX50359.3$3.8M+1.6%#195 of 387
10Texarkana, TX-AR49437.6$4.2M−0.4%#204 of 387
18Tyler, TX389911.9$3.2M+7.8%#294 of 387

Other business types in the Tyler metro area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Tyler, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 99 coffee shops and cafes in the Tyler metro area. 48 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 86.1% from 2019. 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 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Tyler, TX metro area spend on food away from home?

About $314.3M a year, or $3,780 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 83,134 households in the Tyler metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tyler, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Tyler metro area has 11.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.2M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Tyler metro area would have about 85, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,039 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 86.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Tyler, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tyler metro area at 252,549 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,134 households. Median household income in the Tyler metro area is $74,192, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. The Tyler metro area scores 38 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #294 of 387 scored metro areas.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Tyler metro area. It maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in the Tyler metro area

Screening a site or an acquisition in the Tyler metro area?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of the Tyler metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.