Food and drink · Small-town market · Ohio
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Mount Vernon, OH area
How the Mount Vernon, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #87 of 507 scored small-town markets
#2 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 20
- 6 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $89.6M
- On food away from home · $3,814 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,002
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Mount Vernon area spend about $89.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,814 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 20 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Mount Vernon area as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 30%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Mount Vernon area in 2023. That is one for every 2,349 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Mount Vernon area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Mount Vernon area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #87 of 507 scored small-town markets and #2 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Mount Vernon area 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.
| Measure | Mount Vernon area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,349 | 1,799 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,814 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,878 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,002+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,491
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 526 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $73,878+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,322
- Median home value
- $239,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,622
- Daytime population
- 59,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wilmington, OH | 79 | 8 | 4.8 | $7.7M | +0.6% | #16 of 507 |
| 2Mount Vernon, OH | 66 | 20 | 8.5 | $4.5M | +1.9% | #87 of 507 |
| 3Athens, OH | 63 | 14 | 6.1 | $5.5M | +1.3% | #111 of 507 |
| 4Zanesville, OH | 62 | 19 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +0.7% | #116 of 507 |
| 5Sidney, OH | 61 | 12 | 6.3 | $6M | −0.2% | #129 of 507 |
| 6Findlay, OH | 61 | 21 | 6.6 | $5.7M | +0.1% | #131 of 507 |
| 7Coshocton, OH | 61 | 10 | 6.8 | $4.8M | +1.6% | #136 of 507 |
| 8Urbana, OH | 60 | 12 | 7.7 | $4.9M | +0.2% | #145 of 507 |
| 9Marietta, OH | 56 | 15 | 6.1 | $5.7M | −2.1% | #185 of 507 |
| 10Cambridge, OH | 53 | 11 | 6.7 | $4.9M | −0.1% | #220 of 507 |
Other business types in the Mount Vernon area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes82
- Sit-down restaurants88
- Fast food and sandwich shops66
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes70
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Mount Vernon, OH area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 bakeries and dessert shops in the Mount Vernon area. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 10 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mount Vernon, OH area spend on food away from home?
About $89.6M a year, or $3,814 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 23,491 households in the Mount Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mount Vernon, OH area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Mount Vernon area has 8.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.5M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Mount Vernon area would have about 22, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,349 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mount Vernon, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Mount Vernon area at 64,002 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,491 households. The median household income in the Mount Vernon area is $73,878 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Mount Vernon area scores 66 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #87 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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