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Coffee shops and cafes in Rockbridge County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Rockbridge County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #492 of 2,063 scored counties
#39 of 88 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $33.9M
- On food away from home · $3,544 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 83% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,663
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rockbridge County spend about $33.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,544 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per cafe, 83% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Rockbridge County has 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Rockbridge County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Rockbridge County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Rockbridge County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #492 of 2,063 scored counties and #39 of 88 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Rockbridge 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.
| Measure | Rockbridge County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $5.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,220 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,544 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,469 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 84 |
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
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,6630.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,552
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 597 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $65,469+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,858
- Median home value
- $248,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,337
- Daytime population
- 18,033Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Rockbridge County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 98 | 6 | 5.8 | $8.7M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,063 |
| 2King George County, VA | 96 | 5 | 4.9 | $9.7M | +10.5% | #2 of 2,063 |
| 3Stafford County, VA | 95 | 32 | 6.1 | $8.7M | +8.3% | #3 of 2,063 |
| 4Frederick County, VA | 94 | 17 | 4.8 | $9.2M | +8.8% | #4 of 2,063 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 94 | 5 | 5.4 | $8.9M | +21.2% | #5 of 2,063 |
| 6Caroline County, VA | 93 | 5 | 4.2 | $9.7M | +11.3% | #6 of 2,063 |
| 7Chesterfield County, VA | 93 | 76 | 5.4 | $8.3M | +8.7% | #8 of 2,063 |
| 8Orange County, VA | 93 | 8 | 5.4 | $8M | +10.1% | #10 of 2,063 |
| 9Spotsylvania County, VA | 92 | 27 | 5.1 | $9.1M | +10.5% | #15 of 2,063 |
| 10Suffolk city, VA | 91 | 24 | 6.3 | $6.6M | +10.4% | #18 of 2,063 |
| 39Rockbridge County, VA | 63 | 5 | 5.2 | $6.8M | 0.0% | #492 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Rockbridge County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants70
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Rockbridge County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 coffee shops and cafes in Rockbridge County. 2 of them (40%) 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 Rockbridge County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rockbridge County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $33.9M a year, or $3,544 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 9,552 households in Rockbridge County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rockbridge County, VA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Rockbridge County has 5.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.8M, 83% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Rockbridge County would have about 9, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Rockbridge County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Rockbridge County at 22,663 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,552 households. Median household income in Rockbridge County is $65,469, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Rockbridge County scores 63 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #492 of 2,063 scored counties.
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