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Coffee shops and cafes in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area

The coffee shops and cafes in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #24 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
47
12 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
29
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +38.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$318.2M
On food away from home · $3,957 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
83% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.8
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
198,919
+0.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area is 75 (high), #24 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for coffee shops and cafes.

Household spending on food away from home in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area comes to about $318.2M a year: $3,957 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 47 coffee shops and cafes, that is $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.

There are 47 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area as of September 2026. 12 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 47% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area in 2023, up 38.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,773 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureRacine-Mount Pleasant metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.89.711.0
Spending per listing$6.8M$4.1M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,7731,9951,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+38.1%+36.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,957$3,959$4,070
Median household income$78,096$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7559

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +38.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
318
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4712 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
86The 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 the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area, 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 the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
198,919+0.4% since 2020
Households
80,406
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
333 sq. mi.
People per square mile
594
Median household income
$78,096+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,261
Median home value
$251,400
Jobs located here
75,599
Daytime population
171,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI75475.8$6.8M+0.4%#24 of 387
2Oshkosh-Neenah, WI72547.4$5.1M+1.4%#34 of 387
3Kenosha, WI71558.0$5.1M−0.4%#36 of 387
4Janesville-Beloit, WI69548.0$4.7M+1.7%#50 of 387
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI681,51410.2$4.5M+2.6%#56 of 387
5Wausau, WI64457.8$5M+1.0%#82 of 387
6Appleton, WI64949.4$4.4M+2.7%#85 of 387
7Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI635728.7$4.6M0.0%#92 of 387
Duluth, MN-WI63988.1$4.6M+0.2%#93 of 387
8Fond du Lac, WI60388.8$4.3M+0.5%#112 of 387

Other business types in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 47 coffee shops and cafes in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area. 12 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 38.1% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area spend on food away from home?

About $318.2M a year, or $3,957 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 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 80,406 households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area has 5.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 47% 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, the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area would have about 86, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,773 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area at 198,919 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 80,406 households. Median household income in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area is $78,096, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area scores 75 for coffee shops and cafes (high), #24 of 387 scored metro areas.

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