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Bakeries and dessert shops in Covington County, MS
The bakeries and dessert shops in Covington County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,607 of 1,889 scored counties
#31 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.2M
- On food away from home · $3,035 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,898
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Covington County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,607 of 1,889 scored counties and #31 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 bakeries and dessert shops in Covington County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,035 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Covington County spend about $22.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.4M per shop, 7% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Covington County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Covington County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Covington 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.
| Measure | Covington County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,733 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,035 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $45,051 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 32 |
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
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Covington 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 Covington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,898−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,323
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $45,051+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,677
- Median home value
- $105,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,811
- Daytime population
- 16,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Covington County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pontotoc County, MS | 61 | 7 | 5.9 | $5.3M | +2.9% | #504 of 1,889 |
| 2Marshall County, MS | 59 | 7 | 5.3 | $6M | +2.6% | #569 of 1,889 |
| 3George County, MS | 58 | 8 | 8.6 | $3.9M | +8.1% | #633 of 1,889 |
| 4DeSoto County, MS | 56 | 66 | 9.3 | $4.3M | +6.3% | #705 of 1,889 |
| 5Tishomingo County, MS | 54 | 5 | 5.7 | $5.6M | −1.1% | #767 of 1,889 |
| 6Jackson County, MS | 54 | 49 | 8.5 | $4.2M | +3.0% | #790 of 1,889 |
| 7Adams County, MS | 53 | 7 | 6.1 | $4.8M | +2.2% | #815 of 1,889 |
| 8Itawamba County, MS | 53 | 7 | 7.3 | $4.5M | +1.3% | #818 of 1,889 |
| 9Panola County, MS | 49 | 5 | 4.1 | $7.5M | −1.4% | #944 of 1,889 |
| 10Lincoln County, MS | 46 | 6 | 4.6 | $7M | +0.5% | #1,058 of 1,889 |
| 31Covington County, MS | 30 | 5 | 6.8 | $4.4M | −2.2% | #1,607 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Covington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops16
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Covington County, MS?
There are 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Covington County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Covington County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Covington County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $22.2M a year, or $3,035 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 7,323 households in Covington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Covington County, MS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Covington County has 6.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.4M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Covington County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Covington County at 17,898 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,323 households. Median household income in Covington County is $45,051, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Covington County scores 30 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,607 of 1,889 scored counties.
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