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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sunflower County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Sunflower County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22M
- On food away from home · $2,735 a household
- Spending per listing
- $22M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 22,893
- −10.9% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Sunflower County
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What this means
At $2,735 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in Sunflower County spend about $22M a year on food away from home. That works out to $22M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Sunflower County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Sunflower County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Sunflower County declined 10.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, Sunflower County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Sunflower 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 | Sunflower County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $22M | $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 | −10.9% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,735 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $39,956 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- 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 Sunflower 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 Sunflower County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,893−10.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,034
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $39,956+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,047
- Median home value
- $100,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,525
- Daytime population
- 24,285Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Sunflower County, MS | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $22M | −10.9% |
Other business types in Sunflower County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops5
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Sunflower County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in Sunflower County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Sunflower County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sunflower County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $22M a year, or $2,735 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $22M 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 8,034 households in Sunflower County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sunflower County, MS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Sunflower County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sunflower County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Sunflower County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Sunflower County at 22,893 people in 2025, down 10.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,034 households. The median household income in Sunflower County is $39,956 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Sunflower County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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