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Bakeries and dessert shops in Rolette County, ND

How Rolette 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.1M
On food away from home · $3,471 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
5.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,688
−4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Rolette County spend about $13.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,471 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Rolette County as of September 2026. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Rolette County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Rolette County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Rolette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Rolette 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Rolette County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureRolette CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.36.59.8
Spending per listing$6.5M$6.1M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,2831,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+47.4%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,471$3,940$4,070
Median household income$59,517$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

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
3The 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 Rolette 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 Rolette County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,688−4.1% since 2020
Households
3,769
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$59,517+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,773
Median home value
$103,800
Jobs located here
4,280
Daytime population
12,010Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Rolette County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, ND69526.2$6.4M+9.1%#287 of 1,889
2Burleigh County, ND66286.8$6.2M+4.7%#359 of 1,889
3Richland County, ND6057.3$5.3M+1.2%#538 of 1,889
4Stutsman County, ND5866.4$5.6M−0.6%#609 of 1,889
5Grand Forks County, ND56206.4$5.8M+1.9%#685 of 1,889
6Williams County, ND55117.3$5.9M+1.4%#723 of 1,889
7Ward County, ND49207.0$5.7M−2.4%#946 of 1,889
8Stark County, ND341511.1$3.6M+0.5%#1,506 of 1,889
9Barnes County, ND30510.2$3.6M−2.7%#1,613 of 1,889
Rolette County, NDNot scored25.3$6.5M−4.1%

Other business types in Rolette County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Rolette County, ND?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Rolette County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Rolette County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Rolette County, ND spend on food away from home?

About $13.1M a year, or $3,471 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 3,769 households in Rolette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rolette County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Rolette County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Rolette County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Rolette County at 11,688 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,769 households. The median household income in Rolette County is $59,517 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Rolette County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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