Food and drink · County · West Virginia
Coffee shops and cafes in Brooke County, WV
The coffee shops and cafes in Brooke County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,899 of 2,063 scored counties
#25 of 26 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $31.4M
- On food away from home · $3,243 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,142
- −6.0% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Brooke County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,899 of 2,063 scored counties and #25 of 26 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Brooke County comes to about $31.4M a year: $3,243 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.5M per cafe, 6% 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 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Brooke County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 15% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Brooke County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Brooke County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brooke County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Brooke County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 7.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 3,023 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,243 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,316 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 55 |
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
- 91 chain location
- 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 Brooke 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 Brooke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,142−6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,675
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 89 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 245
- Median household income
- $54,316+5.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,922
- Median home value
- $141,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,914
- Daytime population
- 19,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Brooke County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 89 | 27 | 5.3 | $7.3M | +13.7% | #25 of 2,063 |
| 2Putnam County, WV | 66 | 21 | 9.0 | $4.4M | −1.0% | #410 of 2,063 |
| 3Mineral County, WV | 64 | 7 | 6.3 | $5.5M | −0.4% | #459 of 2,063 |
| 4Preston County, WV | 63 | 5 | 3.9 | $8.5M | −0.6% | #487 of 2,063 |
| 5Wayne County, WV | 63 | 6 | 3.8 | $8.5M | −4.0% | #488 of 2,063 |
| 6Jefferson County, WV | 61 | 27 | 11.8 | $3.7M | +9.2% | #581 of 2,063 |
| 7Randolph County, WV | 59 | 5 | 4.7 | $6.8M | −3.6% | #631 of 2,063 |
| 8Mercer County, WV | 59 | 12 | 5.0 | $6.3M | −3.4% | #634 of 2,063 |
| 9Marion County, WV | 59 | 16 | 6.9 | $5M | −1.2% | #644 of 2,063 |
| 10Logan County, WV | 57 | 6 | 4.7 | $6.5M | −6.6% | #714 of 2,063 |
| 25Brooke County, WV | 24 | 9 | 9.3 | $3.5M | −6.0% | #1,899 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Brooke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops18
- Pizza13
- Coffee shops and cafes24
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Brooke County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 coffee shops and cafes in Brooke County. One of them (11%) 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 Brooke County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brooke County, WV spend on food away from home?
About $31.4M a year, or $3,243 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 9,675 households in Brooke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brooke County, WV compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Brooke County has 9.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending.
How fast is Brooke County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Brooke County at 21,142 people in 2025, down 6.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,675 households. Median household income in Brooke County is $54,316, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.5%, 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. Brooke County scores 24 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,899 of 2,063 scored counties.
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