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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #288 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
334
110 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
256
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +32.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On food away from home · $4,488 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.1
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
718,377
+3.0% since 2020

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What this means

Households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area spend about $1.1B a year on food away from home, or $4,488 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 17% 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 334 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 13.1 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 256 businesses with payroll in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 32.0% from 2019. That is one for every 996 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. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $760K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #288 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.111.79.8
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)9969551,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+32.0%+16.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,488$4,270$4,070
Median household income$98,233$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3926

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
256All snack bars and retail bakeries · +32.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,353
Annual payroll, 2023
$62.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
27All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
334110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
276The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$760K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
718,377+3.0% since 2020
Households
254,883
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
438
Median household income
$98,233
Average household income
$128,603
Median home value
$393,600
Jobs located here
259,641
Daytime population
650,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY563368.8$4.8M+1.9%#150 of 387
2Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY404458.9$4.3M−0.8%#277 of 387
3Rochester, NY394269.6$4.1M−0.7%#287 of 387
4Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY3933413.1$3.4M+3.0%#288 of 387
5New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ369,40512.7$3.6M+0.6%#303 of 387
6Kingston, NY339312.5$3.3M+1.1%#320 of 387
7Syracuse, NY302699.9$3.9M−1.3%#337 of 387
8Binghamton, NY29908.8$4.1M−1.3%#344 of 387
9Ithaca, NY264911.3$3.5M−1.4%#363 of 387
10Utica-Rome, NY2212910.7$3.4M−2.0%#373 of 387

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 334 bakeries and dessert shops in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area. 110 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 256 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 32.0% from 2019. 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 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area spend on food away from home?

About $1.1B a year, or $4,488 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 334 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 254,883 households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area has 13.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area would have about 276, against 334 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 996 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area at 718,377 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 254,883 households. The median household income in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area is $98,233 a year, 22% above 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #288 of 387 scored metro areas.

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