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Bakeries and dessert shops in Jo Daviess County, IL

How Jo Daviess County, IL 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,698 of 1,889 scored counties
#62 of 67 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
16
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
7
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$40.1M
On food away from home · $3,859 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.4
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,594
−2.2% since 2020

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What this means

For bakeries and dessert shops, Jo Daviess County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,698 of 1,889 scored counties and #62 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $3,859 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Jo Daviess County spend about $40.1M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Jo Daviess County has 16 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.4, 57% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Jo Daviess County in 2023. That is one for every 1,484 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 show Jo Daviess County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureJo Daviess CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.49.99.8
Spending per listing$2.5M$4.3M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4841,6201,369
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$3,859$4,215$4,070
Median household income$73,993$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2744

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$581K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
161 chain location
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 Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,594−2.2% since 2020
Households
10,391
Median age
50.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
601 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$73,993+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,031
Median home value
$209,900
Jobs located here
7,006
Daytime population
19,150Residents 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 Jo Daviess 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
62Jo Daviess County, IL271615.4$2.5M−2.2%#1,698 of 1,889

Other business types in Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 bakeries and dessert shops in Jo Daviess County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 7 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 Jo Daviess County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $40.1M a year, or $3,859 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 10,391 households in Jo Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jo Daviess County has 15.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Jo Daviess County would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,484 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Jo Daviess County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Jo Daviess County at 21,594 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,391 households. The median household income in Jo Daviess County is $73,993 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Jo Daviess County scores 27 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,698 of 1,889 scored counties.

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