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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clarke County, MS

How Clarke County, MS 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
3
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On food away from home · $2,972 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
15,102
−2.8% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Clarke County comes to about $17.7M a year: $2,972 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Clarke County. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clarke County would have about 4, against none on map listings.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Clarke County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,982 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.

Population estimates show Clarke County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Clarke County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Clarke County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Clarke County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureClarke CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.08.49.8
Spending per listingn/a$3.9M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,9821,7331,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.8%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,972$3,288$4,070
Median household income$46,108$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored32

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$97K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 Clarke 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 Clarke County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,102−2.8% since 2020
Households
5,945
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
692 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$46,108+6.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,952
Median home value
$118,100
Jobs located here
3,085
Daytime population
12,654Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pontotoc County, MS6175.9$5.3M+2.9%#504 of 1,889
2Marshall County, MS5975.3$6M+2.6%#569 of 1,889
3George County, MS5888.6$3.9M+8.1%#633 of 1,889
4DeSoto County, MS56669.3$4.3M+6.3%#705 of 1,889
5Tishomingo County, MS5455.7$5.6M−1.1%#767 of 1,889
6Jackson County, MS54498.5$4.2M+3.0%#790 of 1,889
7Adams County, MS5376.1$4.8M+2.2%#815 of 1,889
8Itawamba County, MS5377.3$4.5M+1.3%#818 of 1,889
9Panola County, MS4954.1$7.5M−1.4%#944 of 1,889
10Lincoln County, MS4664.6$7M+0.5%#1,058 of 1,889
Clarke County, MSNot scored00.0n/a−2.8%

Other business types in Clarke County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clarke County, MS?

There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 3 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.

How much do households in Clarke County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $17.7M a year, or $2,972 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 5,945 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clarke County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clarke County would have about 4, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,982 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Clarke County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Clarke County at 15,102 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,945 households. The median household income in Clarke County is $46,108 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 6.7% 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. Clarke County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops, having none on map listings.

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 Clarke County

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