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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clark County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Clark County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,514 of 1,889 scored counties
#54 of 67 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
3
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$23.8M
On food away from home · $3,632 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,114
−2.2% since 2020

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What this means

Clark County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,514 of 1,889 scored counties and #54 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Clark County comes to about $23.8M a year: $3,632 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Clark County has 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 12.2 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clark County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,185 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. Population estimates put the population change in Clark County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Clark County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Clark County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureClark CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.29.99.8
Spending per listing$3M$4.3M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,1851,6201,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,632$4,215$4,070
Median household income$72,927$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score3444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$296K
One-person businesses, 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
81 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 Clark 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 Clark County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,114−2.2% since 2020
Households
6,555
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
501 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$72,927+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,731
Median home value
$132,400
Jobs located here
4,292
Daytime population
13,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ogle County, IL76125.8$6.8M−0.7%#142 of 1,889
2Clinton County, IL7074.8$8.6M+0.6%#254 of 1,889
3McLean County, IL70395.6$7.3M+0.1%#256 of 1,889
4Livingston County, IL7085.5$6.9M−2.1%#258 of 1,889
5Grundy County, IL70188.7$5M+2.9%#272 of 1,889
6Kendall County, IL69429.3$5.2M+9.9%#299 of 1,889
7St. Clair County, IL68646.3$6.1M−2.5%#311 of 1,889
8Lee County, IL6775.2$7.1M−3.4%#326 of 1,889
9Monroe County, IL67128.7$5.3M−0.3%#338 of 1,889
10Jefferson County, IL6664.0$8.5M−2.3%#354 of 1,889
54Clark County, IL34812.2$3M−2.2%#1,514 of 1,889

Other business types in Clark County

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

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clark County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 bakeries and dessert shops in Clark County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 3 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Clark County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $23.8M a year, or $3,632 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 6,555 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clark County has 12.2 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clark County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,185 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Clark County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Clark County at 15,114 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,555 households. The median household income in Clark County is $72,927 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Clark County scores 34 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,514 of 1,889 scored counties.

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