Food and drink · Small-town market · Kansas
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Salina, KS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Salina, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #231 of 507 scored small-town markets
#3 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 19
- 9 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $88.6M
- On food away from home · $3,554 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,121
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 bakeries and dessert shops in the Salina area. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 22% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,554 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Salina area spend about $88.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.7M per shop, 13% 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 12 businesses with payroll in the Salina area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,078 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 put the population change in the Salina area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Salina area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #231 of 507 scored small-town markets and #3 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Salina 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 | Salina area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,078 | 1,656 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,554 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,745 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 199 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Salina 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 Salina area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,121−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,931
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,441 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $65,745+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,150
- Median home value
- $178,200
- Jobs located here
- 30,161
- Daytime population
- 61,857Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Salina area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 65 | 6 | 4.5 | $7.5M | −0.4% | #90 of 507 |
| 2Ottawa, KS | 58 | 10 | 9.6 | $3.9M | +1.1% | #177 of 507 |
| 3Salina, KS | 52 | 19 | 7.6 | $4.7M | −1.4% | #231 of 507 |
| 4McPherson, KS | 45 | 12 | 9.9 | $3.9M | −0.4% | #303 of 507 |
| 5Hutchinson, KS | 42 | 22 | 8.6 | $3.9M | −0.6% | #331 of 507 |
| 6Hays, KS | 41 | 13 | 10.6 | $3.3M | +0.4% | #353 of 507 |
| 7Atchison, KS | 40 | 5 | 8.7 | $3.9M | −0.9% | #356 of 507 |
| 8Pittsburg, KS | 37 | 16 | 10.1 | $3.2M | +0.1% | #394 of 507 |
| 9Great Bend, KS | 30 | 11 | 10.6 | $3.2M | −2.5% | #449 of 507 |
| 10Emporia, KS | 27 | 17 | 11.6 | $2.8M | +0.4% | #464 of 507 |
Other business types in the Salina area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops27
- Pizza31
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Salina, KS area?
The Salina area has 19 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 12 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 the Salina, KS area spend on food away from home?
About $88.6M a year, or $3,554 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 24,931 households in the Salina area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salina, KS area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Salina area has 7.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.7M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Salina area would have about 21, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,078 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Salina, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Salina area at 59,121 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,931 households. Median household income in the Salina area is $65,745, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. 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 Salina area scores 52 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #231 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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