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Bakeries and dessert shops in Tift County, GA
How Tift 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 · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,090 of 1,889 scored counties
#55 of 77 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 14
- 5 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $50.3M
- On food away from home · $3,218 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,254
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 bakeries and dessert shops in Tift County. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Tift County spend about $50.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,218 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 13% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Tift County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 3,128 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 Tift County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Tift County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,090 of 1,889 scored counties and #55 of 77 scored counties in Georgia.
How Tift 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.
| Measure | Tift County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 3,128 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,218 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,255 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 145 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Tift 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 Tift County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,254+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,640
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 261 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $53,255+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,766
- Median home value
- $165,200
- Jobs located here
- 21,738
- Daytime population
- 47,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Tift County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 94 | 24 | 4.0 | $10.8M | +12.7% | #2 of 1,889 |
| 2Harris County, GA | 93 | 5 | 3.8 | $11.4M | +6.8% | #7 of 1,889 |
| 3Monroe County, GA | 90 | 6 | 5.7 | $7.1M | +14.1% | #15 of 1,889 |
| 4Effingham County, GA | 89 | 12 | 4.9 | $8.3M | +14.1% | #21 of 1,889 |
| 5Walton County, GA | 85 | 22 | 6.2 | $6.4M | +16.0% | #51 of 1,889 |
| 6Bryan County, GA | 84 | 9 | 5.4 | $8.3M | +15.6% | #55 of 1,889 |
| 7Newton County, GA | 83 | 26 | 6.3 | $5.9M | +11.2% | #64 of 1,889 |
| 8Jackson County, GA | 80 | 23 | 8.1 | $5.1M | +29.3% | #93 of 1,889 |
| 9Haralson County, GA | 79 | 6 | 5.1 | $7.2M | +10.0% | #99 of 1,889 |
| 10Barrow County, GA | 77 | 21 | 6.8 | $5.6M | +18.7% | #132 of 1,889 |
| 55Tift County, GA | 46 | 14 | 9.0 | $3.6M | +2.1% | #1,090 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Tift County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants19
- Fast food and sandwich shops16
- Pizza15
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Tift County, GA?
Tift County has 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations. 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. 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 Tift County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $50.3M a year, or $3,218 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 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 15,640 households in Tift County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tift County, GA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Tift County has 9.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Tift County would have about 12, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,128 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Tift County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Tift County at 42,254 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,640 households. Median household income in Tift County is $53,255, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.7%, 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. Tift County scores 46 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,090 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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