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Bakeries and dessert shops in Acadia Parish, LA

How Acadia Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #948 of 1,889 scored counties
#8 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
13
2 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
8
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$66.4M
On food away from home · $3,006 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,032
−0.8% 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

At $3,006 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Acadia Parish spend about $66.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 23% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Acadia Parish has 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 40% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Acadia Parish classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,762 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. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Acadia Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Acadia Parish is 49 (lower middle), #948 of 1,889 scored counties and #8 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Acadia Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Acadia Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAcadia ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.910.09.8
Spending per listing$5.1M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,7621,6351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,006$3,469$4,070
Median household income$45,562$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4922

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 8All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$419K
One-person businesses, 2023
11All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
132 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Acadia Parish, 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 Acadia Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
57,032−0.8% since 2020
Households
22,099
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
655 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$45,562+5.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,194
Median home value
$155,500
Jobs located here
14,814
Daytime population
48,388Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Acadia Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA72367.6$5.6M+6.4%#220 of 1,889
2Beauregard Parish, LA6185.8$6.1M+0.2%#495 of 1,889
3St. Charles Parish, LA59158.1$4.9M−3.7%#583 of 1,889
4Livingston Parish, LA59539.9$3.8M+8.5%#593 of 1,889
5Iberville Parish, LA5554.4$7.6M−1.6%#718 of 1,889
6De Soto Parish, LA5565.7$5.6M+2.0%#724 of 1,889
7Evangeline Parish, LA5375.6$5.2M−1.0%#809 of 1,889
8Acadia Parish, LA49135.9$5.1M−0.8%#948 of 1,889
9West Baton Rouge Parish, LA491715.5$2.5M+5.5%#977 of 1,889
10Pointe Coupee Parish, LA4778.4$4.3M−5.6%#1,033 of 1,889

Other business types in Acadia Parish

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Acadia Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 bakeries and dessert shops in Acadia Parish. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 8 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. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Acadia Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $66.4M a year, or $3,006 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 22,099 households in Acadia Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Acadia Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Acadia Parish has 5.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.1M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Acadia Parish would have about 16, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,762 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Acadia Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Acadia Parish at 57,032 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,099 households. The median household income in Acadia Parish is $45,562 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Acadia Parish scores 49 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #948 of 1,889 scored counties.

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