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Bakeries and dessert shops in St. Bernard Parish, LA
How St. Bernard 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,423 of 1,889 scored counties
#23 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 28
- 3 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $54.5M
- On food away from home · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,642
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in St. Bernard Parish is 37 (lower middle), #1,423 of 1,889 scored counties and #23 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in St. Bernard Parish comes to about $54.5M a year: $3,359 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 53% 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 28 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in St. Bernard Parish as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 17.3 per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Bernard Parish was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,317 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Bernard Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Bernard Parish grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Bernard 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.
| Measure | St. Bernard Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,317 | 1,635 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,359 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,651 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 7All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 283 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,642+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 16,219
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 378 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $58,651+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,188
- Median home value
- $202,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,689
- Daytime population
- 35,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Bernard Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 72 | 36 | 7.6 | $5.6M | +6.4% | #220 of 1,889 |
| 2Beauregard Parish, LA | 61 | 8 | 5.8 | $6.1M | +0.2% | #495 of 1,889 |
| 3St. Charles Parish, LA | 59 | 15 | 8.1 | $4.9M | −3.7% | #583 of 1,889 |
| 4Livingston Parish, LA | 59 | 53 | 9.9 | $3.8M | +8.5% | #593 of 1,889 |
| 5Iberville Parish, LA | 55 | 5 | 4.4 | $7.6M | −1.6% | #718 of 1,889 |
| 6De Soto Parish, LA | 55 | 6 | 5.7 | $5.6M | +2.0% | #724 of 1,889 |
| 7Evangeline Parish, LA | 53 | 7 | 5.6 | $5.2M | −1.0% | #809 of 1,889 |
| 8Acadia Parish, LA | 49 | 13 | 5.9 | $5.1M | −0.8% | #948 of 1,889 |
| 9West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 49 | 17 | 15.5 | $2.5M | +5.5% | #977 of 1,889 |
| 10Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 47 | 7 | 8.4 | $4.3M | −5.6% | #1,033 of 1,889 |
| 23St. Bernard Parish, LA | 37 | 28 | 17.3 | $1.9M | +4.1% | #1,423 of 1,889 |
Other business types in St. Bernard Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops34
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes52
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in St. Bernard Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 bakeries and dessert shops in St. Bernard Parish. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. 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. 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 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Bernard Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $54.5M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 16,219 households in St. Bernard Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Bernard Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
St. Bernard Parish has 17.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, St. Bernard Parish would have about 13, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,317 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Bernard Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Bernard Parish at 45,642 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,219 households. The median household income in St. Bernard Parish is $58,651 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. St. Bernard Parish scores 37 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,423 of 1,889 scored counties.
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