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Bakeries and dessert shops in Floyd County, IN

How Floyd 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,044 of 1,889 scored counties
#50 of 73 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
34
10 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
21
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$128.9M
On food away from home · $4,039 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
82,153
+2.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 bakeries and dessert shops in Floyd County. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $4,039 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Floyd County spend about $128.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 34 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.8M per shop, 8% 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 21 businesses with payroll in Floyd County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,520 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $179K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Floyd County.

Population estimates put the population change in Floyd County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Floyd County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,044 of 1,889 scored counties and #50 of 73 scored counties in Indiana.

How Floyd 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 Floyd County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureFloyd CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.78.49.8
Spending per listing$3.8M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,5201,8931,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,039$3,802$4,070
Median household income$79,704$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 21All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
507
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3410 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$179K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
82,153+2.0% since 2020
Households
31,916
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
149 sq. mi.
People per square mile
545
Median household income
$79,704+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,952
Median home value
$251,000
Jobs located here
32,492
Daytime population
72,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Floyd 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
50Floyd County, IN473410.7$3.8M+2.0%#1,044 of 1,889

Other business types in Floyd County

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

Questions

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

There are 34 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Floyd County as of September 2026. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 21 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 Floyd County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $128.9M a year, or $4,039 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 31,916 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Floyd County has 10.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Floyd County would have about 31, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Floyd County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Floyd County at 82,153 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,916 households. Median household income in Floyd County is $79,704, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Floyd County scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,044 of 1,889 scored counties.

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