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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Manhattan, KS metro area
How the Manhattan, KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #338 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas
- Listings
- 50
- 21 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $184.8M
- On food away from home · $3,607 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 136,122
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Manhattan metro area is 30 (lower middle), #338 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 bakeries and dessert shops in the Manhattan metro area. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 42%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in the Manhattan metro area spend about $184.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,607 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 50 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.7M per shop, 11% below 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.
Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Manhattan metro area in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,220 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $130K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Manhattan metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Manhattan metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Manhattan metro 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.
| Measure | Manhattan metro area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,220 | 1,656 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +43.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,607 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,469 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42All snack bars and retail bakeries · +16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 537
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $130K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Manhattan metro 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 Manhattan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 136,122+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 51,234
- Median age
- 31.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,835 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $65,469+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,190
- Median home value
- $223,700
- Jobs located here
- 49,254
- Daytime population
- 135,991Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Manhattan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 69 | 746 | 8.3 | $5M | +3.4% | #47 of 387 |
| 1Topeka, KS | 58 | 67 | 6.9 | $5.4M | +0.1% | #132 of 387 |
| 2Lawrence, KS | 53 | 37 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +1.8% | #169 of 387 |
| 3Wichita, KS | 51 | 214 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +2.4% | #190 of 387 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 37 | 84 | 10.6 | $3.2M | +3.9% | #297 of 387 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 34 | 45 | 9.6 | $3.7M | −2.0% | #316 of 387 |
| 4Manhattan, KS | 30 | 50 | 9.8 | $3.7M | +1.4% | #338 of 387 |
Other business types in the Manhattan metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Manhattan, KS metro area?
There are 50 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Manhattan metro area as of September 2026. 21 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. 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 the Manhattan, KS metro area spend on food away from home?
About $184.8M a year, or $3,607 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 51,234 households in the Manhattan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Manhattan, KS metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Manhattan metro area has 9.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.7M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Manhattan metro area would have about 45, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,220 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Manhattan, KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Manhattan metro area at 136,122 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,234 households. Median household income in the Manhattan metro area is $65,469, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. The Manhattan metro area scores 30 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #338 of 387 scored metro areas.
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