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Bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County, OK

The bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,865 of 1,889 scored counties
#49 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On food away from home · $2,916 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,455
+0.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County is 14 (low), #1,865 of 1,889 scored counties and #49 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Hughes County spend about $11.8M a year on food away from home, or $2,916 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.4M per shop, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Hughes County has 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 40%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hughes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hughes County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Hughes County compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Hughes County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureHughes CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.410.19.8
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,7091,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,916$3,519$4,070
Median household income$51,581$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score1438

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
52 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 Hughes 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 Hughes County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,455+0.8% since 2020
Households
4,034
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
805 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$51,581+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,816
Median home value
$102,000
Jobs located here
2,956
Daytime population
11,504Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Oklahoma

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

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grady County, OK8694.4$8.5M+7.7%#36 of 1,889
2Logan County, OK80126.7$6M+11.5%#90 of 1,889
3Wagoner County, OK77258.0$4.8M+14.6%#135 of 1,889
4Rogers County, OK76246.5$5.9M+7.1%#147 of 1,889
5Osage County, OK7195.2$6.7M+2.2%#235 of 1,889
6Cherokee County, OK6994.8$6.6M+4.5%#285 of 1,889
7Delaware County, OK6995.2$6.2M+3.8%#289 of 1,889
8Canadian County, OK68508.6$4.7M+20.4%#319 of 1,889
9Garfield County, OK6693.8$9.1M−1.5%#353 of 1,889
10Creek County, OK65196.7$5.1M+4.4%#393 of 1,889
49Hughes County, OK14512.4$2.4M+0.8%#1,865 of 1,889

Other business types in Hughes County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Hughes County, OK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hughes County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hughes County, OK spend on food away from home?

About $11.8M a year, or $2,916 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 4,034 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hughes County has 12.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hughes County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Hughes County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Hughes County at 13,455 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,034 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $51,581 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.0% 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. Hughes County scores 14 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,865 of 1,889 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Hughes County

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