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Coffee shops and cafes in Patrick County, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Patrick County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,875 of 2,063 scored counties
#83 of 88 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$25.3M
On food away from home · $3,249 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.3
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,424
−0.9% 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

Patrick County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,875 of 2,063 scored counties and #83 of 88 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Patrick County spend about $25.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,249 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.2M per cafe, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Patrick County has 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 6% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Patrick County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Patrick County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Patrick County 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Patrick County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasurePatrick CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.38.611.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$5.1M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a2,2201,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.1%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,249$4,372$4,070
Median household income$53,038$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score2584

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
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Patrick 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 Patrick County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,424−0.9% since 2020
Households
7,781
Median age
50.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$53,038+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,016
Median home value
$153,400
Jobs located here
4,064
Daytime population
14,956Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Patrick County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Goochland County, VA9865.8$8.7M+17.4%#1 of 2,063
2King George County, VA9654.9$9.7M+10.5%#2 of 2,063
3Stafford County, VA95326.1$8.7M+8.3%#3 of 2,063
4Frederick County, VA94174.8$9.2M+8.8%#4 of 2,063
5New Kent County, VA9455.4$8.9M+21.2%#5 of 2,063
6Caroline County, VA9354.2$9.7M+11.3%#6 of 2,063
7Chesterfield County, VA93765.4$8.3M+8.7%#8 of 2,063
8Orange County, VA9385.4$8M+10.1%#10 of 2,063
9Spotsylvania County, VA92275.1$9.1M+10.5%#15 of 2,063
10Suffolk city, VA91246.3$6.6M+10.4%#18 of 2,063
83Patrick County, VA25810.3$3.2M−0.9%#1,875 of 2,063

Other business types in Patrick County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Patrick County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 coffee shops and cafes in Patrick County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Patrick County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Patrick County, VA spend on food away from home?

About $25.3M a year, or $3,249 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 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 7,781 households in Patrick County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Patrick County has 10.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.2M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Patrick County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Patrick County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Patrick County at 17,424 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,781 households. Median household income in Patrick County is $53,038, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Patrick County scores 25 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,875 of 2,063 scored counties.

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