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Bakeries and dessert shops in Vermillion County, IN
How Vermillion 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22M
- On food away from home · $3,338 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,488
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,338 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Vermillion County spend about $22M a year on food away from home. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% 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 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Vermillion County as of September 2026. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Vermillion County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vermillion County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Vermillion County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Vermillion 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 | Vermillion County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,893 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,338 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,200 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Vermillion 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 Vermillion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,488+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,594
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $60,200+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,716
- Median home value
- $113,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,275
- Daytime population
- 13,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 6.1 | $5.5M | +0.6% |
Other business types in Vermillion County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Vermillion County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Vermillion County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Vermillion County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Vermillion County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $22M a year, or $3,338 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 6,594 households in Vermillion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vermillion County, IN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Vermillion County has 6.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.5M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Vermillion County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Vermillion County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Vermillion County at 15,488 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,594 households. The median household income in Vermillion County is $60,200 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.8% 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. Vermillion County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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