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Bakeries and dessert shops in Colfax County, NE

How Colfax County, NE 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$14.6M
On food away from home · $3,926 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.8
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,934
+3.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Colfax County. That comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $3,926 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Colfax County spend about $14.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 4 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 12% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Colfax County in 2023. That is one for every 1,236 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.

Population estimates put the population change in Colfax County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Colfax County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Colfax County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Colfax County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureColfax CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.87.99.8
Spending per listing$3.6M$5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,2361,4801,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.4%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,926$3,946$4,070
Median household income$82,530$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$326K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
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 Colfax 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 Colfax County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,934+3.6% since 2020
Households
3,707
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
412 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$82,530+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,003
Median home value
$144,700
Jobs located here
5,506
Daytime population
10,234Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Nebraska

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

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saunders County, NE8566.7$6.4M+6.0%#52 of 1,889
2Cass County, NE8087.4$5.9M+3.9%#91 of 1,889
3Sarpy County, NE78496.6$7M+9.0%#108 of 1,889
4Gage County, NE6466.4$5.6M+0.2%#418 of 1,889
5Douglas County, NE602008.4$4.9M+3.6%#541 of 1,889
6Dodge County, NE59117.3$5.1M+2.6%#579 of 1,889
7Lancaster County, NE58977.2$5.4M+3.4%#613 of 1,889
8Platte County, NE56128.8$4.2M+3.9%#707 of 1,889
9Lincoln County, NE5374.7$7.5M−3.6%#804 of 1,889
10Madison County, NE49128.3$4.3M+1.6%#961 of 1,889
Colfax County, NENot scored410.8$3.6M+3.6%

Other business types in Colfax County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Colfax County, NE?

There are 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Colfax 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. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.

How much do households in Colfax County, NE spend on food away from home?

About $14.6M a year, or $3,926 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 3,707 households in Colfax County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Colfax County has 10.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 12% 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,236 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Colfax County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Colfax County at 10,934 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,707 households. Median household income in Colfax County is $82,530, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.2%, 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. Colfax County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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