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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Auburn, NY area

How the Auburn, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #415 of 507 scored small-town markets
#10 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
30
10 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
24
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$112.8M
On food away from home · $3,578 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,365
−2.3% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Auburn area is 34 (lower middle), #415 of 507 scored small-town markets and #10 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $3,578 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Auburn area spend about $112.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 30 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Auburn area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Auburn area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,314 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Auburn area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Auburn area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Auburn, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureAuburn areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.511.79.8
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3149551,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,578$4,270$4,070
Median household income$67,904$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3426

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
211
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3010 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The 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 Auburn 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 Auburn area

Population, 2025 estimate
74,365−2.3% since 2020
Households
31,524
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
692 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$67,904+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,583
Median home value
$171,000
Jobs located here
25,171
Daytime population
65,706Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across New York

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Auburn area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Massena-Ogdensburg, NY50276.5$5.3M−2.5%#254 of 507
2Batavia, NY47249.6$3.8M+0.2%#285 of 507
3Gloversville, NY44177.4$4.7M−1.6%#310 of 507
4Hudson, NY442710.1$4.1M−2.1%#315 of 507
5Amsterdam, NY42199.7$3.6M+1.1%#336 of 507
6Oneonta, NY423213.8$2.6M+3.8%#342 of 507
7Seneca Falls, NY411410.3$3.4M−1.7%#352 of 507
8Corning, NY39379.4$3.8M−1.6%#368 of 507
9Monticello, NY385015.9$2.4M+2.7%#384 of 507
10Auburn, NY34309.5$3.8M−2.3%#415 of 507

Other business types in the Auburn area

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

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Auburn, NY area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 bakeries and dessert shops in the Auburn area. 10 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 24 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Auburn, NY area spend on food away from home?

About $112.8M a year, or $3,578 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 31,524 households in the Auburn area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Auburn area has 9.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Auburn area would have about 27, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,314 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Auburn, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Auburn area at 74,365 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,524 households. The median household income in the Auburn area is $67,904 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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 Auburn area scores 34 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #415 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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