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Coffee shops and cafes in Wood County, TX

How Wood 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,012 of 2,063 scored counties
#72 of 150 scored counties in Texas

Listings
19
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$63.8M
On food away from home · $3,416 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.2
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,688
+10.3% 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

At $3,416 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Wood County spend about $63.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 19 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.4M per cafe, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Wood County has 19 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Wood County in 2023. That is one for every 1,867 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. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Wood County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,012 of 2,063 scored counties and #72 of 150 scored counties in Texas.

How Wood 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 Wood County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWood CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.210.411.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,8671,4581,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,416$3,970$4,070
Median household income$60,300$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5062

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 10All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$727K
One-person businesses, 2023
9All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
190 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Wood 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 Wood County

Population, 2025 estimate
49,688+10.3% since 2020
Households
18,672
Median age
47.3
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$60,300+12.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,843
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
10,092
Daytime population
39,806Residents 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 Wood 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
72Wood County, TX501910.2$3.4M+10.3%#1,012 of 2,063

Other business types in Wood County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 coffee shops and cafes in Wood County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $63.8M a year, or $3,416 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 18,672 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wood County has 10.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.4M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Wood County would have about 17, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,867 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Wood County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wood County at 49,688 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,672 households. Median household income in Wood County is $60,300, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.9%, 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. Wood County scores 50 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #1,012 of 2,063 scored counties.

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