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Bakeries and dessert shops in Cayuga County, NY

How Cayuga County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,612 of 1,889 scored counties
#47 of 61 scored counties 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

For bakeries and dessert shops, Cayuga County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,612 of 1,889 scored counties and #47 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Cayuga County comes to about $112.8M a year: $3,578 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per shop, 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 Cayuga County as of September 2026. 10 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Cayuga County was 24 in 2023. 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. Population estimates show Cayuga County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Cayuga County 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 Cayuga County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureCayuga CountyNew 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 score3026

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 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 Cayuga 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 Cayuga County

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 counties in New York for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in New York, with Cayuga County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saratoga County, NY66787.7$5.9M+2.3%#362 of 1,889
2Wayne County, NY66246.2$5.9M+0.1%#364 of 1,889
3Schenectady County, NY65477.0$5.7M+3.0%#387 of 1,889
4Putnam County, NY583911.0$4.6M+1.4%#620 of 1,889
5Tioga County, NY56157.4$5.1M−1.9%#691 of 1,889
6Wyoming County, NY55137.9$4.5M−1.3%#745 of 1,889
7Rockland County, NY5112812.3$3.9M+5.9%#905 of 1,889
8Richmond County, NY5017110.0$4.5M+1.3%#926 of 1,889
9Albany County, NY501269.4$4.4M+2.2%#927 of 1,889
10Lewis County, NY5098.1$4.3M−0.3%#930 of 1,889
47Cayuga County, NY30309.5$3.8M−2.3%#1,612 of 1,889

Other business types in Cayuga County

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 Cayuga County, NY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 bakeries and dessert shops in Cayuga County. 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Cayuga County, NY 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 Cayuga County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cayuga County 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, Cayuga County 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 Cayuga County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Cayuga County 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 Cayuga County 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. 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. Cayuga County scores 30 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,612 of 1,889 scored counties.

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