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Bakeries and dessert shops in Bourbon County, KS

How Bourbon County, KS 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 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$19.9M
On food away from home · $3,413 a household
Spending per listing
$6.6M
60% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
48% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,319
−0.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Bourbon County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 48% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $3,413 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Bourbon County spend about $19.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 3 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $6.6M per shop, 60% above 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 4 businesses with payroll in Bourbon County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,460 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.

Population estimates show Bourbon County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Bourbon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bourbon County 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 Bourbon County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureBourbon CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.18.79.8
Spending per listing$6.6M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4601,6561,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+43.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,413$3,910$4,070
Median household income$59,238$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$153K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
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 Bourbon 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 Bourbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,319−0.1% since 2020
Households
5,840
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
636 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,238+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,360
Median home value
$113,800
Jobs located here
5,727
Daytime population
13,357Residents 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 counties in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Bourbon County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS8975.1$8.3M+5.9%#20 of 1,889
2Leavenworth County, KS85103.3$12.8M+3.2%#43 of 1,889
3Butler County, KS80155.9$6.8M+3.1%#85 of 1,889
4Pottawatomie County, KS7177.5$5.7M+6.9%#244 of 1,889
5Johnson County, KS652419.7$5.1M+4.2%#395 of 1,889
6Cowley County, KS6264.5$7.5M−0.4%#459 of 1,889
7Douglas County, KS53377.3$5.3M+1.8%#807 of 1,889
8Harvey County, KS53107.3$5.1M−1.2%#811 of 1,889
9Shawnee County, KS52557.3$5M0.0%#848 of 1,889
10Sedgwick County, KS521798.7$4.3M+2.6%#856 of 1,889
Bourbon County, KSNot scored35.1$6.6M−0.1%

Other business types in Bourbon County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Bourbon County, KS?

Bourbon County has 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 4 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 Bourbon County, KS spend on food away from home?

About $19.9M a year, or $3,413 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.6M 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 5,840 households in Bourbon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bourbon County has 5.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $6.6M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Bourbon County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,460 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Bourbon County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Bourbon County at 14,319 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,840 households. Median household income in Bourbon County is $59,238, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. Bourbon County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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