Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Coffee shops and cafes in the Vernon, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Vernon, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #519 of 529 scored small-town markets
#37 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.8M
- On food away from home · $3,097 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,481
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Vernon area scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #519 of 529 scored small-town markets and #37 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Vernon area comes to about $14.8M a year: $3,097 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3M per cafe, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Vernon area has 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 60%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Vernon area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Vernon area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Vernon 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 | Vernon area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,458 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,097 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,102 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 62 |
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
- 53 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Vernon 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 Vernon area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,481−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,778
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,486
- Median home value
- $89,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,461
- Daytime population
- 11,849Residents 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 Vernon 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 |
| 37Vernon, TX | 20 | 5 | 10.5 | $3M | −2.8% | #519 of 529 |
Other business types in the Vernon area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes13
- Sit-down restaurants13
- Fast food and sandwich shops25
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes20
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Vernon, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 coffee shops and cafes in the Vernon area. 3 of them (60%) 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 the Vernon area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Vernon, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $14.8M a year, or $3,097 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 4,778 households in the Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernon, TX area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Vernon area has 10.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Vernon area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Vernon, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernon area at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. Median household income in the Vernon area is $54,102, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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 Vernon area scores 20 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #519 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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