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Bakeries and dessert shops in Macon County, AL
How Macon County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.1M
- On food away from home · $2,909 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 18,132
- −6.8% since 2020
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What this means
There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Macon County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Macon County would have about 5, against none on map listings.
At $2,909 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $21.1M a year on food away from home. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Macon County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Macon County declined 6.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Macon County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Macon County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the bakeries and dessert shops 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 | Macon County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 6.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 2,267 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,909 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $43,707 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 bars and retail bakeries in Macon 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 bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Population and households in Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,132−6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,237
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $43,707+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,220
- Median home value
- $102,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,711
- Daytime population
- 15,475Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 93 | 15 | 3.7 | $11M | +18.0% | #8 of 1,889 |
| 2St. Clair County, AL | 86 | 16 | 4.6 | $8.1M | +7.1% | #37 of 1,889 |
| 3Chilton County, AL | 77 | 8 | 4.5 | $7.5M | +5.9% | #125 of 1,889 |
| 4Elmore County, AL | 77 | 21 | 6.4 | $5.9M | +4.2% | #130 of 1,889 |
| 5Autauga County, AL | 76 | 11 | 4.8 | $7.8M | +5.1% | #140 of 1,889 |
| 6Jackson County, AL | 75 | 5 | 2.3 | $13.6M | +3.3% | #154 of 1,889 |
| 7Madison County, AL | 72 | 132 | 8.0 | $5.2M | +11.0% | #222 of 1,889 |
| 8Tuscaloosa County, AL | 71 | 48 | 5.3 | $6.6M | +3.8% | #237 of 1,889 |
| 9Colbert County, AL | 70 | 13 | 5.3 | $6.2M | +3.8% | #260 of 1,889 |
| 10Shelby County, AL | 70 | 73 | 8.4 | $5.3M | +6.5% | #271 of 1,889 |
| Macon County, AL | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −6.8% |
Other business types in Macon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops17
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Macon County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Macon County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Macon County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $21.1M a year, or $2,909 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,237 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, AL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Macon County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Macon County would have about 5, against none on map listings.
How fast is Macon County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 18,132 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,237 households. Median household income in Macon County is $43,707, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Macon County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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