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Bakeries and dessert shops in Morgan County, CO

How Morgan County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #308 of 1,889 scored counties
#6 of 32 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
5
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$38.5M
On food away from home · $3,480 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,306
+4.2% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Morgan County comes to about $38.5M a year: $3,480 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 55% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 45% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Morgan County in 2023. That is one for every 2,214 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $371K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Morgan County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morgan County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Morgan County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #308 of 1,889 scored counties and #6 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Morgan County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Morgan County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureMorgan CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.48.69.8
Spending per listing$6.4M$5.1M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,2141,2491,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,480$4,421$4,070
Median household income$73,278$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score6868

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$404K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$371K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Morgan 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 Morgan County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,306+4.2% since 2020
Households
11,069
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$73,278+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,230
Median home value
$338,600
Jobs located here
12,665
Daytime population
25,925Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Morgan County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Park County, CO8955.6$8M+5.1%#22 of 1,889
2Broomfield County, CO80144.4$11.6M+6.3%#82 of 1,889
3Weld County, CO79655.2$8.3M+14.2%#97 of 1,889
4Douglas County, CO78966.9$8.2M+10.9%#106 of 1,889
5Adams County, CO701548.2$5.3M+6.6%#270 of 1,889
6Morgan County, CO6865.4$6.4M+4.2%#308 of 1,889
7Teller County, CO6554.2$9.6M0.0%#380 of 1,889
8Arapahoe County, CO651947.5$6.1M+2.8%#385 of 1,889
9El Paso County, CO652137.3$5.8M+3.2%#386 of 1,889
10Jefferson County, CO621697.0$6.8M−0.5%#460 of 1,889

Other business types in Morgan County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Morgan County, CO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 bakeries and dessert shops in Morgan County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.

How much do households in Morgan County, CO spend on food away from home?

About $38.5M a year, or $3,480 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 11,069 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Morgan County, CO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Morgan County has 5.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $6.4M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Morgan County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,214 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Morgan County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Morgan County at 30,306 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,069 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $73,278 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. 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. Morgan County scores 68 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #308 of 1,889 scored counties.

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