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Coffee shops and cafes in Okanogan County, WA

How Okanogan County, WA 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,505 of 2,063 scored counties
#16 of 35 scored counties in Washington

Listings
31
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
10
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$60.9M
On food away from home · $3,470 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.7
61% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,230
+7.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 coffee shops and cafes in Okanogan County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

At $3,470 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Okanogan County spend about $60.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2M per cafe, 47% below 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 Okanogan County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 1,754 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 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $465K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Okanogan County.

Population estimates put the population change in Okanogan County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Okanogan County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,505 of 2,063 scored counties and #16 of 35 scored counties in Washington.

How Okanogan 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Okanogan County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOkanogan CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.717.711.0
Spending per listing$2M$2.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,7549921,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,470$4,501$4,070
Median household income$63,207$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score3836

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 10All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
311 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$465K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Okanogan 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 Okanogan County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,230+7.3% since 2020
Households
17,540
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
5,266 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$63,207+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,721
Median home value
$299,800
Jobs located here
14,908
Daytime population
43,227Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, WA522012.6$3.2M+8.0%#952 of 2,063
2Clark County, WA5027313.9$3.2M+5.3%#1,014 of 2,063
3Mason County, WA473312.7$3.2M+7.8%#1,145 of 2,063
4Snohomish County, WA4552916.7$2.9M+4.9%#1,222 of 2,063
5Franklin County, WA444013.4$3.1M+5.6%#1,256 of 2,063
6Adams County, WA4269.5$3.7M+4.3%#1,306 of 2,063
7Pierce County, WA4155515.8$2.8M+2.5%#1,355 of 2,063
8King County, WA411,82019.3$2.7M+3.1%#1,356 of 2,063
9Skamania County, WA411019.9$2.1M+5.2%#1,364 of 2,063
10Benton County, WA4013717.6$2.4M+6.9%#1,408 of 2,063
16Okanogan County, WA383117.7$2M+7.3%#1,505 of 2,063

Other business types in Okanogan County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Okanogan County, WA?

Okanogan County has 31 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. 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 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Okanogan County, WA spend on food away from home?

About $60.9M a year, or $3,470 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 17,540 households in Okanogan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okanogan County has 17.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Okanogan County would have about 16, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,754 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Okanogan County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Okanogan County at 45,230 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,540 households. The median household income in Okanogan County is $63,207 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. 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. Okanogan County scores 38 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,505 of 2,063 scored counties.

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