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Bakeries and dessert shops in LaPorte County, IN
How LaPorte 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #780 of 1,889 scored counties
#41 of 73 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 34
- 17 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $161.5M
- On food away from home · $3,702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,294
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in LaPorte County comes to about $161.5M a year: $3,702 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 34 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in LaPorte County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in LaPorte County in 2023. That is one for every 2,296 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. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in LaPorte County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of LaPorte County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in LaPorte County is 54 (upper middle), #780 of 1,889 scored counties and #41 of 73 scored counties in Indiana.
How LaPorte 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.
| Measure | LaPorte County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,296 | 1,893 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,702 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,055 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 19All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 184
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3417 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in LaPorte 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 LaPorte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,294−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 43,633
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $71,055+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,682
- Median home value
- $195,500
- Jobs located here
- 39,820
- Daytime population
- 107,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with LaPorte County marked.
Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 83 | 25 | 7.5 | $5.9M | +13.5% | #63 of 1,889 |
| 2Putnam County, IN | 82 | 6 | 4.2 | $8.9M | +3.2% | #66 of 1,889 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 78 | 20 | 7.1 | $5.7M | +4.4% | #117 of 1,889 |
| 4Warrick County, IN | 78 | 20 | 7.9 | $5.4M | +4.4% | #119 of 1,889 |
| 5Dearborn County, IN | 76 | 10 | 4.9 | $8.1M | +1.7% | #139 of 1,889 |
| 6Franklin County, IN | 76 | 6 | 6.5 | $6M | +2.2% | #146 of 1,889 |
| 7Decatur County, IN | 75 | 5 | 4.7 | $8.1M | +0.4% | #156 of 1,889 |
| 8Ripley County, IN | 75 | 6 | 5.2 | $7.1M | +1.6% | #161 of 1,889 |
| 9Hamilton County, IN | 74 | 123 | 9.0 | $5.8M | +10.9% | #186 of 1,889 |
| 10Boone County, IN | 74 | 27 | 9.4 | $5.3M | +13.5% | #192 of 1,889 |
| 41LaPorte County, IN | 54 | 34 | 7.8 | $4.8M | −0.9% | #780 of 1,889 |
Other business types in LaPorte County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes54
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in LaPorte County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 bakeries and dessert shops in LaPorte County. 17 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 19 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 LaPorte County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $161.5M a year, or $3,702 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 43,633 households in LaPorte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does LaPorte County, IN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
LaPorte County has 7.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, LaPorte County would have about 39, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,296 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is LaPorte County, IN growing?
Population estimates put LaPorte County at 111,294 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,633 households. The median household income in LaPorte County is $71,055 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.4% 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. LaPorte County scores 54 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #780 of 1,889 scored counties.
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