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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Garden City, KS area

How the Garden City, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #481 of 507 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
22
5 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
13
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$50.5M
On food away from home · $3,818 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.6
69% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,505
−2.1% 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

For bakeries and dessert shops, the Garden City area has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #481 of 507 scored small-town markets and #12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $3,818 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Garden City area spend about $50.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

The Garden City area has 22 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 16.6 for every 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Garden City area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,018 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 put the population change in the Garden City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Garden City 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 Garden City, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureGarden City areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.68.79.8
Spending per listing$2.3M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,0181,6561,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+43.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,818$3,910$4,070
Median household income$73,009$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score2549

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
119
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
225 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Garden City 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 Garden City area

Population, 2025 estimate
37,505−2.1% since 2020
Households
13,229
Median age
33.2
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,302 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$73,009
Average household income
$91,638
Median home value
$201,400
Jobs located here
19,852
Daytime population
39,125Residents 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 Garden City 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
12Garden City, KS252216.6$2.3M−2.1%#481 of 507

Other business types in the Garden City area

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

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Garden City, KS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 bakeries and dessert shops in the Garden City area. 5 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 13 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 Garden City, KS area spend on food away from home?

About $50.5M a year, or $3,818 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Garden City area has 16.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Garden City area would have about 12, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,018 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 10% 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 Garden City area scores 25 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #481 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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