Caribou Coffee
307 mapped US locations. Median trade area within 3 miles: 50,272 residents and a $89,098 median household income.
Compared with the typical US retail site, a Caribou Coffee trade area holds more bars, entertainment and home improvement — and less big box, pharmacy and education.
Caribou Coffee is a franchise. Its investment range, fees and FDD details live on FranchiseLens: Caribou Coffee franchise economics →
Who lives around it
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population within 1 mi | 3,643 | 6,859 | 10,960 | |
| Population within 3 mi | 22,656 | 50,272 | 82,514 | |
| Population within 5 mi | 44,920 | 112,911 | 218,162 | |
| Households within 3 mi | 9,293 | 21,319 | 33,601 | |
| Median household income (3 mi) | $66,336 | $89,098 | $107,562 | |
| Median age (3 mi) | 35.9 | 38.7 | 40.8 | |
| Owner-occupied homes (3 mi) | 56.2% | 64.0% | 73.8% | |
| Family households (3 mi) | 52.3% | 58.6% | 66.0% | |
| Residents with a bachelor's degree (3 mi)ACS B15003_022E — bachelor's as the highest degree attained, so it excludes graduate degrees. | 3,371 | 9,255 | 16,685 |
How you get there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to a traffic signalSignalised intersections are the cheapest available proxy for an arterial with turning access. | 81 m | 129 m | 244 m | |
| Distance to a primary road | 84 m | 824 m | 2.7 km | |
| Distance to a motorway | 215 m | 565 m | 1.6 km | |
| Traffic signals within 1 mi | 10 | 19 | 37 |
What else is there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to the nearest business of the same kindAny business in the chain's own category - an independent counts the same as a national brand. Reads 50 km when there is nothing of the kind within 50 km. | 232 m | 461 m | 1.6 km | |
| Businesses of the same kind within 3 miA grocer's competitors are other grocers, a gym's are other gyms. The chain's own stores are excluded. | 3.5 | 8 | 17 | |
| Mapped POIs per resident (3 mi)A coverage flag, not a market signal: a low value can mean an empty trade area or a thinly mapped one. | 0.0057 | 0.0082 | 0.0109 |
The retail mix around its sites
Median count of each category within 3 miles, and that category's share of all mapped retail in the ring. The share is what makes this a fingerprint rather than a density reading — it is what separates a Walmart trade area from a Starbucks one.
| Category | Median within 3 mi | Share of mix | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bars | 6 | 1.8% | |
| Entertainment | 3 | 0.9% | |
| Home improvement | 5 | 1.2% | |
| Apparel | 7 | 2.1% | |
| Fitness | 10 | 2.5% | |
| Other retail | 85 | 21.8% | |
| Beauty | 16 | 4.4% | |
| Medical | 14 | 3.9% | |
| Banks | 16 | 4.2% | |
| Coffee | 8 | 2.3% | |
| Lodging | 9 | 2.5% | |
| Auto | 39 | 11.7% | |
| Restaurants | 41 | 11.2% | |
| Professional services | 6 | 1.7% | |
| Grocery | 7 | 2.0% | |
| Convenience | 12 | 3.3% | |
| Fast food | 32 | 8.7% | |
| Education | 19 | 5.1% | |
| Pharmacy | 5 | 1.3% | |
| Big box | 6 | 1.5% |
Where its locations are
Top metro areas
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 147 |
| Rochester, MN | 10 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 10 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 8 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 7 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 6 |
| Mankato, MN | 6 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 5 |
Top states
| MN | 189 |
| WI | 30 |
| ND | 11 |
| IA | 11 |
| CO | 10 |
| NC | 9 |
| SD | 9 |
| GA | 6 |
What the “vs typical site” column means. It is this chain's median divided by the median across all 173,178 tracked retail sites. 1.00× is exactly typical. It describes where the chain is today; it is not a prediction and not a judgement about any individual location.
Every count around a Caribou Coffee site is computed with Caribou Coffee itself excluded, so a chain never counts its own stores.