Food and drink · Small-town market · California
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Ukiah, CA area
How the Ukiah, CA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #445 of 507 scored small-town markets
#6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 36
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $127.9M
- On food away from home · $3,670 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,122
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Ukiah area is 30 (lower middle), #445 of 507 scored small-town markets and #6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 bakeries and dessert shops in the Ukiah area. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 5% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Ukiah area comes to about $127.9M a year: $3,670 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Ukiah area in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,089 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ukiah area declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ukiah area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Ukiah area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,089 | 916 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.7% | +14.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,670 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,092 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32All snack bars and retail bakeries · +6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 282
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 362 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Ukiah 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 Ukiah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,122−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 34,842
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $68,092+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,438
- Median home value
- $512,200
- Jobs located here
- 29,495
- Daytime population
- 87,475Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ukiah area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 71 | 13 | 6.0 | $7.2M | +0.9% | #49 of 507 |
| 1Clearlake, CA | 59 | 12 | 4.5 | $7.9M | −0.6% | #154 of 507 |
| 2Red Bluff, CA | 56 | 10 | 4.0 | $8.7M | −1.7% | #181 of 507 |
| 3Crescent City, CA | 56 | 5 | 5.3 | $6.8M | −4.4% | #182 of 507 |
| 4Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 51 | 39 | 9.1 | $4.7M | −0.4% | #244 of 507 |
| 5Bishop, CA | 32 | 8 | 10.0 | $3.8M | −4.4% | #432 of 507 |
| 6Ukiah, CA | 30 | 36 | 10.3 | $3.6M | −3.5% | #445 of 507 |
| 7Sonora, CA | 30 | 26 | 11.5 | $3.4M | −4.0% | #447 of 507 |
| 8Eureka-Arcata, CA | 28 | 51 | 9.3 | $3.8M | −3.4% | #460 of 507 |
Other business types in the Ukiah area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes20
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes25
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Ukiah, CA area?
The Ukiah area has 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.
How much do households in the Ukiah, CA area spend on food away from home?
About $127.9M a year, or $3,670 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 34,842 households in the Ukiah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ukiah, CA area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Ukiah area has 10.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Ukiah area would have about 31, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,089 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ukiah, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ukiah area at 88,122 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,842 households. Median household income in the Ukiah area is $68,092, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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 Ukiah area scores 30 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #445 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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