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Bakeries and dessert shops in Oscoda County, MI

How Oscoda County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.3M
On food away from home · $2,985 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.8
61% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,723
+6.0% 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

Households in Oscoda County spend about $11.3M a year on food away from home, or $2,985 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 55% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Oscoda County has 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.8, 61% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

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

Population estimates show Oscoda County grew 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Oscoda County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Oscoda County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureOscoda CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.89.09.8
Spending per listing$1.9M$4.3M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a2,0151,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,985$3,875$4,070
Median household income$49,515$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored50

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Oscoda County, 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 Oscoda County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,723+6.0% since 2020
Households
3,788
Median age
50.7
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
566 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$49,515
Average household income
$61,414
Median home value
$125,500
Jobs located here
1,700
Daytime population
7,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Oscoda County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Barry County, MI83104.1$9.6M+2.2%#58 of 1,889
2Cass County, MI7694.2$9M+0.2%#136 of 1,889
3Lapeer County, MI75205.7$6.8M+1.0%#164 of 1,889
4Monroe County, MI75386.0$6.6M+0.7%#165 of 1,889
5Allegan County, MI73347.5$5.4M+2.1%#208 of 1,889
6Clinton County, MI72227.0$6.1M+1.6%#218 of 1,889
7Ionia County, MI71125.1$7.2M−0.5%#231 of 1,889
8Branch County, MI70105.9$5.8M+2.5%#264 of 1,889
9St. Clair County, MI70446.5$5.8M+0.1%#265 of 1,889
10Ottawa County, MI69998.9$4.8M+3.9%#303 of 1,889
Oscoda County, MINot scored615.8$1.9M+6.0%

Other business types in Oscoda County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Oscoda County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 bakeries and dessert shops in Oscoda County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Oscoda County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Oscoda County, MI spend on food away from home?

About $11.3M a year, or $2,985 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 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 3,788 households in Oscoda County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Oscoda County, MI compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Oscoda County has 15.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Oscoda County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Oscoda County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Oscoda County at 8,723 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,788 households. The median household income in Oscoda County is $49,515 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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