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Bakeries and dessert shops in Logan County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,754 of 1,889 scored counties
#64 of 67 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
13
3 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
9
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$40.8M
On food away from home · $3,621 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.5
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,182
−2.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Logan County is 24 (low), #1,754 of 1,889 scored counties and #64 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 bakeries and dessert shops in Logan County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 11.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $3,621 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Logan County spend about $40.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 13 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.1M per shop, 24% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Logan County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,252 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. Population estimates put the population change in Logan County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Logan 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 Logan County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureLogan CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.59.99.8
Spending per listing$3.1M$4.3M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,2521,6201,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,621$4,215$4,070
Median household income$66,358$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
86
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
133 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 Logan 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 Logan County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,182−2.5% since 2020
Households
11,266
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
618 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$66,358+15.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,267
Median home value
$134,400
Jobs located here
7,887
Daytime population
25,386Residents 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 Logan 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
64Logan County, IL241311.5$3.1M−2.5%#1,754 of 1,889

Other business types in Logan County

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

Questions

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

There are 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Logan County as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 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 Logan County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $40.8M a year, or $3,621 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 11,266 households in Logan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Logan County has 11.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Logan County would have about 10, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,252 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Logan County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Logan County at 27,182 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,266 households. Median household income in Logan County is $66,358, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.8%, 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. Logan County scores 24 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,754 of 1,889 scored counties.

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