Groundwork

Food and drink · County · Indiana

Bakeries and dessert shops in Daviess County, IN

How Daviess County, IN 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #661 of 1,889 scored counties
#34 of 73 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$43M
On food away from home · $3,638 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,209
+2.5% since 2020

See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Daviess County

The site report maps the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Daviess County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 bakeries and dessert shops in Daviess County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $3,638 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Daviess County spend about $43M a year on food away from home. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% above 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Daviess County in 2023. That is one for every 2,363 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.8M has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Daviess County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Daviess County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Daviess County is 57 (upper middle), #661 of 1,889 scored counties and #34 of 73 scored counties in Indiana.

How Daviess County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Daviess County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureDaviess CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.58.49.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,3631,8931,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,638$3,802$4,070
Median household income$68,503$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
100 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
1
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 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 Daviess County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,209+2.5% since 2020
Households
11,814
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
430 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$68,503+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,976
Median home value
$197,200
Jobs located here
12,604
Daytime population
31,688Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Daviess County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Daviess County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Bakeries and dessert shops across Indiana

Every Indiana market ranked →

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN83257.5$5.9M+13.5%#63 of 1,889
2Putnam County, IN8264.2$8.9M+3.2%#66 of 1,889
3Morgan County, IN78207.1$5.7M+4.4%#117 of 1,889
4Warrick County, IN78207.9$5.4M+4.4%#119 of 1,889
5Dearborn County, IN76104.9$8.1M+1.7%#139 of 1,889
6Franklin County, IN7666.5$6M+2.2%#146 of 1,889
7Decatur County, IN7554.7$8.1M+0.4%#156 of 1,889
8Ripley County, IN7565.2$7.1M+1.6%#161 of 1,889
9Hamilton County, IN741239.0$5.8M+10.9%#186 of 1,889
10Boone County, IN74279.4$5.3M+13.5%#192 of 1,889
34Daviess County, IN57108.5$4.3M+2.5%#661 of 1,889

Other business types in Daviess County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Daviess County, IN?

Daviess County has 10 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Daviess County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $43M a year, or $3,638 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 11,814 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Daviess County has 8.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,363 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Daviess County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Daviess County at 34,209 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,814 households. Median household income in Daviess County is $68,503, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Daviess County scores 57 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #661 of 1,889 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Daviess County. It maps the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Daviess County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Daviess County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Daviess County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.