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Bakeries and dessert shops in Emmons County, ND
How Emmons County, ND 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
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On food away from home · $3,561 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,215
- −2.4% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Emmons County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Emmons County. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households.
Households in Emmons County spend about $5.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,561 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.7M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Emmons County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Emmons County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Emmons County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Emmons County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 6.5 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $6.1M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,283 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,561 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,538 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
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
- 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 Emmons 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 Emmons County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,215−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 1,528
- Median age
- 52.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $66,538
- Average household income
- $85,791
- Median home value
- $117,200
- Jobs located here
- 918
- Daytime population
- 2,986Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Emmons County?
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, ND | 69 | 52 | 6.2 | $6.4M | +9.1% | #287 of 1,889 |
| 2Burleigh County, ND | 66 | 28 | 6.8 | $6.2M | +4.7% | #359 of 1,889 |
| 3Richland County, ND | 60 | 5 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +1.2% | #538 of 1,889 |
| 4Stutsman County, ND | 58 | 6 | 6.4 | $5.6M | −0.6% | #609 of 1,889 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 56 | 20 | 6.4 | $5.8M | +1.9% | #685 of 1,889 |
| 6Williams County, ND | 55 | 11 | 7.3 | $5.9M | +1.4% | #723 of 1,889 |
| 7Ward County, ND | 49 | 20 | 7.0 | $5.7M | −2.4% | #946 of 1,889 |
| 8Stark County, ND | 34 | 15 | 11.1 | $3.6M | +0.5% | #1,506 of 1,889 |
| 9Barnes County, ND | 30 | 5 | 10.2 | $3.6M | −2.7% | #1,613 of 1,889 |
| Emmons County, ND | Not scored | 2 | 13.1 | $2.7M | −2.4% |
Other business types in Emmons 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 Emmons County, ND?
Emmons County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings 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 Emmons County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Emmons County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $5.4M a year, or $3,561 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,528 households in Emmons County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Emmons County, ND compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Emmons County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Emmons County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Emmons County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Emmons County at 3,215 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,528 households. Median household income in Emmons County is $66,538, 18% 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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