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Bakeries and dessert shops in Jackson Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Jackson Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$16.1M
On food away from home · $2,891 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,834
+5.6% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Jackson Parish comes to about $16.1M a year: $2,891 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.4M per shop, 30% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Jackson Parish has 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Jackson Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Jackson Parish grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Jackson Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jackson 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 Jackson Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureJackson ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.410.09.8
Spending per listing$5.4M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,6351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,891$3,469$4,070
Median household income$44,925$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored22

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
4The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
15,834+5.6% since 2020
Households
5,576
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$44,925+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,592
Median home value
$115,600
Jobs located here
3,519
Daytime population
12,577Residents 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 Jackson 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
Jackson Parish, LANot scored35.4$5.4M+5.6%

Other business types in Jackson Parish

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Jackson Parish. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Jackson Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $16.1M a year, or $2,891 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 5,576 households in Jackson Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jackson Parish has 5.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.4M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Jackson Parish would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Jackson Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Jackson Parish at 15,834 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,576 households. The median household income in Jackson Parish is $44,925 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.8% 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. Jackson Parish has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Jackson Parish

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