Food and drink · Small-town market · Arkansas
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Arkadelphia, AR area
How the Arkadelphia, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #506 of 507 scored small-town markets
#13 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 11
- 6 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.4M
- On food away from home · $3,122 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.5
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,938
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, the Arkadelphia area has a Groundwork market score of 10 (low): #506 of 507 scored small-town markets and #13 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $3,122 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Arkadelphia area spend about $25.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 11 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Arkadelphia area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 13.5 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in the Arkadelphia area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Arkadelphia area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Arkadelphia area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Arkadelphia area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.5 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,884 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,122 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,034 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 42 |
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
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Arkadelphia 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 bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Population and households in the Arkadelphia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,938−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,121
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 866 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $52,034+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,512
- Median home value
- $155,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,786
- Daytime population
- 20,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Arkadelphia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paragould, AR | 67 | 11 | 6.1 | $5.3M | +3.4% | #75 of 507 |
| 2Mountain Home, AR | 55 | 10 | 5.2 | $5.9M | +3.1% | #201 of 507 |
| 3Harrison, AR | 53 | 12 | 6.5 | $4.8M | +2.4% | #221 of 507 |
| 4Pine Bluff, AR | 49 | 16 | 5.9 | $5.1M | −5.6% | #268 of 507 |
| 5Camden, AR | 45 | 7 | 6.8 | $4.5M | −3.6% | #299 of 507 |
| 6Russellville, AR | 40 | 29 | 8.9 | $3.7M | +1.6% | #357 of 507 |
| 7Batesville, AR | 38 | 13 | 8.9 | $3.6M | +2.2% | #379 of 507 |
| 8Searcy, AR | 37 | 26 | 8.8 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #389 of 507 |
| 9El Dorado, AR | 33 | 12 | 8.0 | $4M | −5.2% | #424 of 507 |
| 10Blytheville, AR | 30 | 11 | 7.1 | $4.5M | −6.7% | #444 of 507 |
| 13Arkadelphia, AR | 10 | 11 | 13.5 | $2.3M | −2.2% | #506 of 507 |
Other business types in the Arkadelphia area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes22
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops9
- Pizza22
- Coffee shops and cafes19
- Bakeries and dessert shops10
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 the Arkadelphia, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 bakeries and dessert shops in the Arkadelphia area. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in the Arkadelphia area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Arkadelphia, AR area spend on food away from home?
About $25.4M a year, or $3,122 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,121 households in the Arkadelphia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Arkadelphia, AR area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Arkadelphia area has 13.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Arkadelphia area would have about 6, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is the Arkadelphia, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Arkadelphia area at 20,938 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,121 households. The median household income in the Arkadelphia area is $52,034 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Arkadelphia area scores 10 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #506 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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