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Bakeries and dessert shops in Huron County, OH

How Huron County, OH 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,043 of 1,889 scored counties
#54 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
22
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
8
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$83.6M
On food away from home · $3,558 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,250
−0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 bakeries and dessert shops in Huron County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.4, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Households in Huron County spend about $83.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,558 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.8M per shop, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Huron County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,936 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.

Population estimates show Huron County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, Huron County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,043 of 1,889 scored counties and #54 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.

How Huron County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Huron County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureHuron CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.48.39.8
Spending per listing$3.8M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,9361,7991,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.8%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,558$3,829$4,070
Median household income$67,878$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 8All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$638K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
222 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Huron 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 Huron County

Population, 2025 estimate
58,250−0.4% since 2020
Households
23,490
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$67,878+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,729
Median home value
$166,000
Jobs located here
21,670
Daytime population
52,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH86197.8$6.1M+16.5%#39 of 1,889
2Pickaway County, OH80135.9$6.5M+7.4%#88 of 1,889
3Clermont County, OH79607.1$5.9M+3.9%#102 of 1,889
4Warren County, OH78677.3$6.7M+5.7%#112 of 1,889
5Fairfield County, OH78447.3$5.9M+6.5%#116 of 1,889
6Madison County, OH78148.9$4.6M+7.1%#121 of 1,889
7Morrow County, OH76107.4$5.2M+3.7%#150 of 1,889
8Perry County, OH7464.5$8.1M+1.3%#177 of 1,889
9Clinton County, OH7384.8$7.7M+0.6%#198 of 1,889
10Brown County, OH7252.9$12.4M+1.6%#213 of 1,889
54Huron County, OH47229.4$3.8M−0.4%#1,043 of 1,889

Other business types in Huron County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Huron County, OH?

There are 22 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Huron County as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.

How much do households in Huron County, OH spend on food away from home?

About $83.6M a year, or $3,558 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 23,490 households in Huron County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Huron County has 9.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Huron County would have about 20, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,936 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Huron County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Huron County at 58,250 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,490 households. Median household income in Huron County is $67,878, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Huron County scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,043 of 1,889 scored counties.

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