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Bakeries and dessert shops in Saline County, NE
How Saline 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.8M
- On food away from home · $3,842 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,996
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,842 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Saline County spend about $19.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $9.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Saline County as of September 2026. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Saline County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saline County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Saline County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Saline 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.
| Measure | Saline County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.9M | $5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,480 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,842 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,910 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
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
- 20 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 Saline 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 Saline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,996+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,143
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $79,910+55.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,556
- Median home value
- $197,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,877
- Daytime population
- 13,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 85 | 6 | 6.7 | $6.4M | +6.0% | #52 of 1,889 |
| 2Cass County, NE | 80 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.9M | +3.9% | #91 of 1,889 |
| 3Sarpy County, NE | 78 | 49 | 6.6 | $7M | +9.0% | #108 of 1,889 |
| 4Gage County, NE | 64 | 6 | 6.4 | $5.6M | +0.2% | #418 of 1,889 |
| 5Douglas County, NE | 60 | 200 | 8.4 | $4.9M | +3.6% | #541 of 1,889 |
| 6Dodge County, NE | 59 | 11 | 7.3 | $5.1M | +2.6% | #579 of 1,889 |
| 7Lancaster County, NE | 58 | 97 | 7.2 | $5.4M | +3.4% | #613 of 1,889 |
| 8Platte County, NE | 56 | 12 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +3.9% | #707 of 1,889 |
| 9Lincoln County, NE | 53 | 7 | 4.7 | $7.5M | −3.6% | #804 of 1,889 |
| 10Madison County, NE | 49 | 12 | 8.3 | $4.3M | +1.6% | #961 of 1,889 |
| Saline County, NE | Not scored | 2 | 3.9 | $9.9M | +1.9% |
Other business types in Saline County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants45
- Fast food and sandwich shops59
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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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 Saline County, NE?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Saline 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 Saline County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Saline County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $19.8M a year, or $3,842 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $9.9M 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 5,143 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saline County, NE compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Saline County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops 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, Saline County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Saline County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Saline County at 14,996 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,143 households. The median household income in Saline County is $79,910 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 55.2% 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. Saline County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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