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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Mayfield, KY area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Mayfield, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$44.4M
On food away from home · $3,138 a household
Spending per listing
$44.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
37,050
+1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in the Mayfield area. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Households in the Mayfield area spend about $44.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,138 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $44.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Mayfield area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,713 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 Mayfield area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, the Mayfield area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Mayfield area compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Mayfield, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMayfield areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.76.99.8
Spending per listing$44.4M$5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)4,7132,6761,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.9%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,138$3,489$4,070
Median household income$50,772$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$347K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Mayfield 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 Mayfield area

Population, 2025 estimate
37,050+1.4% since 2020
Households
14,139
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
552 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$50,772+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,127
Median home value
$147,800
Jobs located here
11,600
Daytime population
33,159Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Mayfield area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond-Berea, KY82244.8$6.9M+7.0%#8 of 507
2Henderson, KY6983.4$9.6M−0.9%#60 of 507
3Somerset, KY66155.7$5.4M+3.5%#84 of 507
4Glasgow, KY65115.0$6.2M+2.6%#94 of 507
5Corbin, KY63264.6$6.4M+0.1%#107 of 507
6Madisonville, KY62105.4$5.8M−0.5%#117 of 507
7Campbellsville, KY6285.4$5.8M+3.4%#118 of 507
8Danville, KY61167.4$4.4M+3.6%#139 of 507
9Frankfort, KY58278.3$4.3M+3.1%#171 of 507
10Murray, KY56117.2$4.3M+4.9%#192 of 507
Mayfield, KYNot scored10.7$44.4M+1.4%

Other business types in the Mayfield area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Mayfield, KY area?

There is 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings in the Mayfield area as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 3 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 Mayfield, KY area spend on food away from home?

About $44.4M a year, or $3,138 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $44.4M 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 14,139 households in the Mayfield area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mayfield, KY area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Mayfield area has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Mayfield area would have about 11, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,713 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Mayfield, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Mayfield area at 37,050 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,139 households. Median household income in the Mayfield area is $50,772, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.3%, 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 Mayfield area has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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