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Coffee shops and cafes in Columbia County, WA
The coffee shops and cafes in Columbia County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On food away from home · $3,555 a household
- Spending per listing
- $946K
- 74% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.6
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,141
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Columbia County spend about $6.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,555 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 coffee shops and cafes, that is $946K per cafe, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.6, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Columbia County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Columbia County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Columbia County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.6 | 17.7 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $946K | $2.5M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 992 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,555 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,810 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,141+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 1,862
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $71,810
- Average household income
- $88,239
- Median home value
- $271,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,408
- Daytime population
- 3,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, WA | 52 | 20 | 12.6 | $3.2M | +8.0% | #952 of 2,063 |
| 2Clark County, WA | 50 | 273 | 13.9 | $3.2M | +5.3% | #1,014 of 2,063 |
| 3Mason County, WA | 47 | 33 | 12.7 | $3.2M | +7.8% | #1,145 of 2,063 |
| 4Snohomish County, WA | 45 | 529 | 16.7 | $2.9M | +4.9% | #1,222 of 2,063 |
| 5Franklin County, WA | 44 | 40 | 13.4 | $3.1M | +5.6% | #1,256 of 2,063 |
| 6Adams County, WA | 42 | 6 | 9.5 | $3.7M | +4.3% | #1,306 of 2,063 |
| 7Pierce County, WA | 41 | 555 | 15.8 | $2.8M | +2.5% | #1,355 of 2,063 |
| 8King County, WA | 41 | 1,820 | 19.3 | $2.7M | +3.1% | #1,356 of 2,063 |
| 9Skamania County, WA | 41 | 10 | 19.9 | $2.1M | +5.2% | #1,364 of 2,063 |
| 10Benton County, WA | 40 | 137 | 17.6 | $2.4M | +6.9% | #1,408 of 2,063 |
| Columbia County, WA | Not scored | 7 | 37.6 | $946K | +4.7% |
Other business types in Columbia County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
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 Columbia County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 coffee shops and cafes in Columbia County. One of them (14%) 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 Columbia County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Columbia County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $6.6M a year, or $3,555 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $946K 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 1,862 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, WA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Columbia County has 37.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $946K, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Columbia County would have about 2, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Columbia County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 4,141 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,862 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $71,810, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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