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Bakeries and dessert shops in Plaquemines Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Plaquemines 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$32.6M
On food away from home · $3,973 a household
Spending per listing
$10.9M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,256
−5.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Plaquemines Parish. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 62% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Plaquemines Parish comes to about $32.6M a year: $3,973 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $10.9M per shop, 2.6 times 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.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Plaquemines Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,174 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Plaquemines Parish declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Plaquemines Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasurePlaquemines ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.710.09.8
Spending per listing$10.9M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,1741,6351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,973$3,469$4,070
Median household income$86,315$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored22

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
60
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
22,256−5.3% since 2020
Households
8,218
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
781 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$86,315+50.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,930
Median home value
$282,900
Jobs located here
11,184
Daytime population
24,508Residents 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 Plaquemines 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
Plaquemines Parish, LANot scored33.7$10.9M−5.3%

Other business types in Plaquemines Parish

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

Questions

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

Plaquemines Parish has 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 7 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $32.6M a year, or $3,973 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $10.9M 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 8,218 households in Plaquemines Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Plaquemines Parish has 3.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $10.9M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Plaquemines Parish would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,174 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Plaquemines Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Plaquemines Parish at 22,256 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,218 households. Median household income in Plaquemines Parish is $86,315, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.9%, 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. Plaquemines Parish has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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