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Bakeries and dessert shops in Hidalgo County, NM
How Hidalgo County, NM 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On food away from home · $3,062 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 3,929
- −5.6% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Hidalgo County
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What this means
Households in Hidalgo County spend about $4.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,062 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Hidalgo County. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hidalgo County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hidalgo County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hidalgo County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hidalgo County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Hidalgo County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $4.3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,623 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.9% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,062 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,882 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,929−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,478
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $48,882
- Average household income
- $65,510
- Median home value
- $111,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,079
- Daytime population
- 3,486Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hidalgo County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 85 | 18 | 3.2 | $12.9M | +6.9% | #42 of 1,889 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 74 | 16 | 5.8 | $5.8M | +7.2% | #187 of 1,889 |
| 3Rio Arriba County, NM | 66 | 5 | 3.2 | $10.4M | −1.0% | #350 of 1,889 |
| 4Doña Ana County, NM | 55 | 59 | 7.0 | $4.7M | +4.1% | #737 of 1,889 |
| 5Otero County, NM | 54 | 19 | 7.8 | $4.2M | +3.7% | #787 of 1,889 |
| 6San Miguel County, NM | 51 | 7 | 5.9 | $5.2M | −3.2% | #881 of 1,889 |
| 7Eddy County, NM | 51 | 18 | 7.6 | $5.1M | +0.3% | #882 of 1,889 |
| 8McKinley County, NM | 50 | 11 | 5.2 | $5.8M | −6.1% | #915 of 1,889 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 45 | 27 | 6.5 | $5.1M | −0.9% | #1,104 of 1,889 |
| 10Santa Fe County, NM | 41 | 82 | 11.6 | $3.5M | +1.2% | #1,265 of 1,889 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −5.6% |
Other business types in Hidalgo County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- 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 Hidalgo County, NM?
There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Hidalgo County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hidalgo County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hidalgo County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $4.5M a year, or $3,062 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 1,478 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hidalgo County, NM compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Hidalgo County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hidalgo County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Hidalgo County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 3,929 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,478 households. The median household income in Hidalgo County is $48,882 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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