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Coffee shops and cafes in the Rock Springs, WY area

How the Rock Springs, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #420 of 529 scored small-town markets
#7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming

Listings
22
4 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
12
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$66.4M
On food away from home · $3,792 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.6
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,267
−2.2% 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

For coffee shops and cafes, the Rock Springs area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #420 of 529 scored small-town markets and #7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $3,792 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Rock Springs area spend about $66.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $3M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 19% 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 22 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Rock Springs area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 12.6 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Rock Springs area in 2023. That is one for every 1,459 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. Population estimates show the Rock Springs area declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Rock Springs area compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Rock Springs, WY area compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureRock Springs areaWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.615.211.0
Spending per listing$3M$2.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,4591,3371,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.9%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,792$3,811$4,070
Median household income$75,034$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score3625

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
82
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
224 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs area

Population, 2025 estimate
41,267−2.2% since 2020
Households
17,502
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
10,427 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,925
Median home value
$251,400
Jobs located here
21,166
Daytime population
41,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wyoming for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Rock Springs area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wyoming

Small-town markets in Wyoming ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Evanston, WY-UT491416.2$2.4M+2.0%#280 of 529
2Gillette, WY432715.0$2.7M+2.1%#342 of 529
3Jackson, WY-ID413725.5$2M+4.2%#368 of 529
4Cody, WY403224.0$1.5M+5.1%#379 of 529
5Laramie, WY382615.2$2.3M+3.9%#396 of 529
6Sheridan, WY372719.5$1.9M+7.2%#408 of 529
7Rock Springs, WY362212.6$3M−2.2%#420 of 529
8Riverton, WY282315.3$2.3M+0.7%#487 of 529

Other business types in the Rock Springs area

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

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Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Rock Springs, WY area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 22 coffee shops and cafes in the Rock Springs area. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. 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 list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Rock Springs, WY area spend on food away from home?

About $66.4M a year, or $3,792 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 17,502 households in the Rock Springs area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Rock Springs, WY area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Rock Springs area has 12.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Rock Springs area would have about 18, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,459 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the Rock Springs, WY area growing?

Population estimates put the Rock Springs area at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. Median household income in the Rock Springs area is $75,034, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Rock Springs area scores 36 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #420 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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