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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #90 of 507 scored small-town markets
#1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
5
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$45.1M
On food away from home · $3,367 a household
Spending per listing
$7.5M
81% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,382
−0.4% 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

Household spending on food away from home in the Arkansas City-Winfield area comes to about $45.1M a year: $3,367 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $7.5M per shop, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

The Arkansas City-Winfield area has 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Arkansas City-Winfield area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,677 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.

Population estimates show the Arkansas City-Winfield area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, the Arkansas City-Winfield area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #90 of 507 scored small-town markets and #1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Arkansas City-Winfield area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureArkansas City-Winfield areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.58.79.8
Spending per listing$7.5M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,6771,6561,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+43.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,367$3,910$4,070
Median household income$57,878$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6549

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$393K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 the Arkansas City-Winfield area, 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 the Arkansas City-Winfield area

Population, 2025 estimate
34,382−0.4% since 2020
Households
13,387
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,126 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$57,878
Average household income
$81,245
Median home value
$120,900
Jobs located here
13,490
Daytime population
33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Kansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Arkansas City-Winfield area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arkansas City-Winfield, KS6564.5$7.5M−0.4%#90 of 507
2Ottawa, KS58109.6$3.9M+1.1%#177 of 507
3Salina, KS52197.6$4.7M−1.4%#231 of 507
4McPherson, KS45129.9$3.9M−0.4%#303 of 507
5Hutchinson, KS42228.6$3.9M−0.6%#331 of 507
6Hays, KS411310.6$3.3M+0.4%#353 of 507
7Atchison, KS4058.7$3.9M−0.9%#356 of 507
8Pittsburg, KS371610.1$3.2M+0.1%#394 of 507
9Great Bend, KS301110.6$3.2M−2.5%#449 of 507
10Emporia, KS271711.6$2.8M+0.4%#464 of 507

Other business types in the Arkansas City-Winfield area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 bakeries and dessert shops in the Arkansas City-Winfield area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. 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 the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area spend on food away from home?

About $45.1M a year, or $3,367 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 13,387 households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Arkansas City-Winfield area has 4.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.5M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Arkansas City-Winfield area would have about 11, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,677 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Arkansas City-Winfield area at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. The median household income in the Arkansas City-Winfield area is $57,878 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Arkansas City-Winfield area scores 65 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #90 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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