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Bakeries and dessert shops in McDonald County, MO
The bakeries and dessert shops in McDonald County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,321 of 1,889 scored counties
#38 of 57 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.4M
- On food away from home · $3,199 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,992
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 bakeries and dessert shops in McDonald County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in McDonald County comes to about $27.4M a year: $3,199 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.9M per shop, 6% below 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 McDonald County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McDonald County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in McDonald County is 39 (lower middle), #1,321 of 1,889 scored counties and #38 of 57 scored counties in Missouri.
How McDonald County 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.
| Measure | McDonald County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,913 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.3% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,199 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,375 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 56 |
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
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 McDonald 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 McDonald County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,992+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,558
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 539 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $52,375+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,959
- Median home value
- $154,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,407
- Daytime population
- 21,137Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with McDonald County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 93 | 7 | 3.1 | $13.2M | +11.4% | #6 of 1,889 |
| 2Christian County, MO | 85 | 18 | 5.1 | $7.8M | +8.3% | #46 of 1,889 |
| 3Jefferson County, MO | 81 | 51 | 5.8 | $6.9M | +2.7% | #73 of 1,889 |
| 4Newton County, MO | 80 | 12 | 5.4 | $6.6M | +6.1% | #87 of 1,889 |
| 5Cass County, MO | 79 | 28 | 6.5 | $6.5M | +7.1% | #100 of 1,889 |
| 6Callaway County, MO | 78 | 7 | 4.2 | $8.7M | +3.2% | #104 of 1,889 |
| 7Lawrence County, MO | 72 | 8 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +3.7% | #217 of 1,889 |
| 8Clay County, MO | 71 | 78 | 7.6 | $5.5M | +4.3% | #247 of 1,889 |
| 9St. Charles County, MO | 70 | 135 | 8.4 | $5.6M | +4.9% | #266 of 1,889 |
| 10Pettis County, MO | 67 | 10 | 5.9 | $5.7M | +2.9% | #334 of 1,889 |
| 38McDonald County, MO | 39 | 7 | 8.2 | $3.9M | +3.1% | #1,321 of 1,889 |
Other business types in McDonald County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops73
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops39
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in McDonald County, MO?
There are 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in McDonald County as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) 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 McDonald County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in McDonald County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $27.4M a year, or $3,199 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 8,558 households in McDonald County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDonald County, MO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
McDonald County has 8.2 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 6% below 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 McDonald County, MO growing?
Population estimates put McDonald County at 23,992 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,558 households. Median household income in McDonald County is $52,375, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. McDonald County scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,321 of 1,889 scored counties.
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