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Food and drink · Small-town market · Missouri

Bakeries and dessert shops in the Hannibal, MO area

The bakeries and dessert shops in the Hannibal, MO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #202 of 507 scored small-town markets
#4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
9
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$52.3M
On food away from home · $3,419 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,969
+0.4% 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 the Hannibal area comes to about $52.3M a year: $3,419 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.8M per shop, 40% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Hannibal area as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Hannibal area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,699 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. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Hannibal area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Hannibal area is 55 (upper middle), #202 of 507 scored small-town markets and #4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.

How the Hannibal area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Hannibal, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureHannibal areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.98.19.8
Spending per listing$5.8M$4.7M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,6991,9131,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+43.3%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,419$3,799$4,070
Median household income$63,545$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5556

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
49
Annual payroll, 2023
$810K
One-person businesses, 2023
11All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Hannibal area, 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 the Hannibal area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,969+0.4% since 2020
Households
15,293
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
907 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$63,545+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,592
Median home value
$163,800
Jobs located here
16,430
Daytime population
37,362Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Missouri

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hannibal area marked.

Top small-town markets in Missouri

Small-town markets in Missouri ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warrensburg, MO73146.6$5.4M+4.9%#40 of 507
2Sedalia, MO71105.9$5.7M+2.9%#53 of 507
3Lebanon, MO61106.9$4.6M+2.5%#138 of 507
4Hannibal, MO5595.9$5.8M+0.4%#202 of 507
5Farmington, MO55197.7$4.3M+2.1%#205 of 507
6Marshall, MO5156.2$5.3M−0.3%#241 of 507
Quincy, IL-MO44258.0$4.4M−2.0%#312 of 507
7Fort Leonard Wood, MO442112.5$2.8M+0.8%#323 of 507
8Moberly, MO4188.7$3.7M+0.2%#349 of 507
9West Plains, MO39159.4$3.3M+2.5%#372 of 507

Other business types in the Hannibal area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Hannibal, MO area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 bakeries and dessert shops in the Hannibal area. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 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 list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Hannibal, MO area spend on food away from home?

About $52.3M a year, or $3,419 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 15,293 households in the Hannibal area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hannibal, MO area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Hannibal area has 5.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.8M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Hannibal area would have about 13, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,699 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hannibal, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Hannibal area at 38,969 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,293 households. The median household income in the Hannibal area is $63,545 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Hannibal area scores 55 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #202 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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