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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clayton County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Clayton County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $26.9M
- On food away from home · $3,583 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,845
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Clayton County spend about $26.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,583 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $13.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Clayton County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clayton County in 2023. That is one for every 1,502 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clayton County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Clayton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clayton County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Clayton County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 8.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.5M | $4.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,502 | 1,583 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +52.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,583 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,242 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $152K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Clayton 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 Clayton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,845−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,509
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 779 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $67,242+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,441
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,129
- Daytime population
- 14,966Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Clayton County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 82 | 11 | 5.3 | $8.2M | +9.0% | #67 of 1,889 |
| 2Dallas County, IA | 80 | 32 | 7.5 | $6.3M | +17.8% | #89 of 1,889 |
| 3Jones County, IA | 74 | 5 | 6.1 | $6.1M | +2.9% | #184 of 1,889 |
| 4Madison County, IA | 74 | 5 | 7.5 | $5.6M | +3.8% | #190 of 1,889 |
| 5Buchanan County, IA | 66 | 5 | 6.1 | $6.2M | +1.3% | #360 of 1,889 |
| 6Boone County, IA | 63 | 5 | 4.6 | $8.8M | +0.4% | #433 of 1,889 |
| 7Muscatine County, IA | 63 | 10 | 5.8 | $6.4M | −3.0% | #439 of 1,889 |
| 8Pottawattamie County, IA | 62 | 27 | 7.2 | $5.3M | −0.7% | #469 of 1,889 |
| 9Polk County, IA | 61 | 184 | 9.0 | $4.7M | +4.8% | #515 of 1,889 |
| 10Mahaska County, IA | 60 | 5 | 5.7 | $6.3M | −1.2% | #531 of 1,889 |
| Clayton County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 2.7 | $13.5M | −1.1% |
Other business types in Clayton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clayton County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Clayton County. 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. 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 Clayton County, IA spend on food away from home?
About $26.9M a year, or $3,583 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $13.5M 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 7,509 households in Clayton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clayton County, IA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Clayton County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clayton County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,502 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Clayton County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Clayton County at 16,845 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,509 households. The median household income in Clayton County is $67,242 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Clayton County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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