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Bakeries and dessert shops in Jones County, GA

How Jones County, GA 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$40M
On food away from home · $3,704 a household
Spending per listing
$40M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
29,171
+2.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in Jones County. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

Households in Jones County spend about $40M a year on food away from home, or $3,704 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $40M 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Jones County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,697 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 Jones County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, Jones County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jones County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Jones County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureJones CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.98.69.8
Spending per listing$40M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,6971,7231,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,704$3,917$4,070
Median household income$75,500$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
49
Annual payroll, 2023
$615K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Jones 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 Jones County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,171+2.8% since 2020
Households
10,786
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
394 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$75,500+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,163
Median home value
$194,500
Jobs located here
4,334
Daytime population
21,331Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA94244.0$10.8M+12.7%#2 of 1,889
2Harris County, GA9353.8$11.4M+6.8%#7 of 1,889
3Monroe County, GA9065.7$7.1M+14.1%#15 of 1,889
4Effingham County, GA89124.9$8.3M+14.1%#21 of 1,889
5Walton County, GA85226.2$6.4M+16.0%#51 of 1,889
6Bryan County, GA8495.4$8.3M+15.6%#55 of 1,889
7Newton County, GA83266.3$5.9M+11.2%#64 of 1,889
8Jackson County, GA80238.1$5.1M+29.3%#93 of 1,889
9Haralson County, GA7965.1$7.2M+10.0%#99 of 1,889
10Barrow County, GA77216.8$5.6M+18.7%#132 of 1,889
Jones County, GANot scored10.9$40M+2.8%

Other business types in Jones County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Jones County, GA?

There is 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings in Jones County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. 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 Jones County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $40M a year, or $3,704 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $40M 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 10,786 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jones 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, Jones County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,697 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Jones County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Jones County at 29,171 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,786 households. Median household income in Jones County is $75,500, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Jones 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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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Jones County

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