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Bakeries and dessert shops in Poinsett County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Poinsett County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On food away from home · $2,861 a household
- Spending per listing
- $25.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 22,483
- −2.0% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Poinsett County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 bakery or dessert shop in Poinsett County. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.
Households in Poinsett County spend about $25.2M a year on food away from home, or $2,861 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $25.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 Poinsett County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Poinsett County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, Poinsett County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Poinsett County 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 | Poinsett County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $25.2M | $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 | −2.0% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,861 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,707 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 11 chain location
- 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 Poinsett 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 Poinsett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,483−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,792
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $46,707+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,546
- Median home value
- $103,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,545
- Daytime population
- 19,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Poinsett County?
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Poinsett County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lonoke County, AR | 72 | 18 | 6.3 | $5.8M | +3.5% | #219 of 1,889 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 72 | 37 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +7.6% | #224 of 1,889 |
| 3Greene County, AR | 64 | 11 | 6.1 | $5.3M | +3.4% | #422 of 1,889 |
| 4Crawford County, AR | 64 | 16 | 6.9 | $4.9M | +4.1% | #426 of 1,889 |
| 5Benton County, AR | 57 | 131 | 11.7 | $3.7M | +16.0% | #673 of 1,889 |
| 6Crittenden County, AR | 56 | 8 | 4.4 | $7.1M | −3.9% | #681 of 1,889 |
| 7Johnson County, AR | 56 | 6 | 5.8 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #692 of 1,889 |
| 8Baxter County, AR | 54 | 10 | 5.2 | $5.9M | +3.1% | #764 of 1,889 |
| 9Randolph County, AR | 47 | 5 | 6.8 | $4.4M | +1.5% | #1,030 of 1,889 |
| 10Faulkner County, AR | 46 | 43 | 8.7 | $4.1M | +8.2% | #1,076 of 1,889 |
| Poinsett County, AR | Not scored | 1 | 1.1 | $25.2M | −2.0% |
Other business types in Poinsett County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza24
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Poinsett County, AR?
Poinsett County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Poinsett County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Poinsett County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $25.2M a year, or $2,861 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $25.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,792 households in Poinsett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Poinsett County, AR compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Poinsett County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Poinsett County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Poinsett County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Poinsett County at 22,483 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,792 households. Median household income in Poinsett County is $46,707, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Poinsett County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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