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Bakeries and dessert shops in Thomas County, KS
The bakeries and dessert shops in Thomas County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On food away from home · $3,684 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,725
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,684 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Thomas County spend about $11.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.9M per shop, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Thomas County as of September 2026. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Thomas County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Thomas County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Thomas County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Thomas 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.
| Measure | Thomas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,656 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,684 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,325 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Thomas 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 Thomas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,725−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,139
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $71,325
- Average household income
- $93,106
- Median home value
- $172,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,904
- Daytime population
- 7,883Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Thomas County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 89 | 7 | 5.1 | $8.3M | +5.9% | #20 of 1,889 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 85 | 10 | 3.3 | $12.8M | +3.2% | #43 of 1,889 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 80 | 15 | 5.9 | $6.8M | +3.1% | #85 of 1,889 |
| 4Pottawatomie County, KS | 71 | 7 | 7.5 | $5.7M | +6.9% | #244 of 1,889 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 65 | 241 | 9.7 | $5.1M | +4.2% | #395 of 1,889 |
| 6Cowley County, KS | 62 | 6 | 4.5 | $7.5M | −0.4% | #459 of 1,889 |
| 7Douglas County, KS | 53 | 37 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +1.8% | #807 of 1,889 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 53 | 10 | 7.3 | $5.1M | −1.2% | #811 of 1,889 |
| 9Shawnee County, KS | 52 | 55 | 7.3 | $5M | 0.0% | #848 of 1,889 |
| 10Sedgwick County, KS | 52 | 179 | 8.7 | $4.3M | +2.6% | #856 of 1,889 |
| Thomas County, KS | Not scored | 3 | 9.6 | $3.9M | −2.5% |
Other business types in Thomas County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Thomas County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Thomas County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Thomas County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Thomas County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $11.6M a year, or $3,684 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 3,139 households in Thomas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Thomas County, KS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Thomas County has 9.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Thomas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Thomas County at 7,725 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,139 households. The median household income in Thomas County is $71,325 a year, 12% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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