Food and drink · Small-town market · Virginia
Coffee shops and cafes in the Danville, VA area
How the Danville, VA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #128 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia
- Listings
- 19
- 6 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $134.3M
- On food away from home · $3,045 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 91% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,137
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 coffee shops and cafes in the Danville area. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the Danville area comes to about $134.3M a year: $3,045 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 coffee shops and cafes, that is $7.1M per cafe, 91% above 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 10 businesses with payroll in the Danville area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 4,409 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Danville area declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Danville area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #128 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Danville area compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Danville area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 8.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $5.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 4,409 | 2,220 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,045 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,874 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 196 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Danville 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 Danville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,137−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 44,086
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,012 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $49,874+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,587
- Median home value
- $150,900
- Jobs located here
- 37,406
- Daytime population
- 97,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Danville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 95 | 8 | 5.4 | $8M | +10.1% | #1 of 529 |
| 2Danville, VA | 62 | 19 | 4.3 | $7.1M | −1.7% | #128 of 529 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 60 | 19 | 4.7 | $6.6M | −3.8% | #158 of 529 |
| 3Martinsville, VA | 58 | 15 | 5.6 | $5.4M | −1.9% | #178 of 529 |
Other business types in the Danville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops27
- Pizza26
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Danville, VA area?
The Danville area has 19 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (32%) 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. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Danville, VA area spend on food away from home?
About $134.3M a year, or $3,045 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 44,086 households in the Danville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Danville, VA area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Danville area has 4.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7.1M, 91% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Danville area would have about 36, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,409 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Danville, VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Danville area at 101,137 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,086 households. The median household income in the Danville area is $49,874 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.3% 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. 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 Danville area scores 62 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #128 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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