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Bakeries and dessert shops in Payne County, OK
How Payne County, OK 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,773 of 1,889 scored counties
#41 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 39
- 21 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $103.3M
- On food away from home · $3,167 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,889
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Payne County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #1,773 of 1,889 scored counties and #41 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Payne County comes to about $103.3M a year: $3,167 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 39 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Payne County as of September 2026. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 54%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 12.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in Payne County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,254 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Payne County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Payne County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Payne 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.
| Measure | Payne County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,254 | 1,709 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,167 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,809 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 26All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 340
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3921 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Payne 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 Payne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,889+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 32,609
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $49,809+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 35,589
- Daytime population
- 83,345Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Payne County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grady County, OK | 86 | 9 | 4.4 | $8.5M | +7.7% | #36 of 1,889 |
| 2Logan County, OK | 80 | 12 | 6.7 | $6M | +11.5% | #90 of 1,889 |
| 3Wagoner County, OK | 77 | 25 | 8.0 | $4.8M | +14.6% | #135 of 1,889 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 76 | 24 | 6.5 | $5.9M | +7.1% | #147 of 1,889 |
| 5Osage County, OK | 71 | 9 | 5.2 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #235 of 1,889 |
| 6Cherokee County, OK | 69 | 9 | 4.8 | $6.6M | +4.5% | #285 of 1,889 |
| 7Delaware County, OK | 69 | 9 | 5.2 | $6.2M | +3.8% | #289 of 1,889 |
| 8Canadian County, OK | 68 | 50 | 8.6 | $4.7M | +20.4% | #319 of 1,889 |
| 9Garfield County, OK | 66 | 9 | 3.8 | $9.1M | −1.5% | #353 of 1,889 |
| 10Creek County, OK | 65 | 19 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +4.4% | #393 of 1,889 |
| 41Payne County, OK | 23 | 39 | 12.0 | $2.6M | +2.8% | #1,773 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Payne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes27
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops27
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops23
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Payne County, OK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 bakeries and dessert shops in Payne County. 21 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 26 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 Payne County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $103.3M a year, or $3,167 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 32,609 households in Payne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Payne County, OK compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Payne County has 12.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Payne County would have about 25, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,254 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Payne County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Payne County at 83,889 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,609 households. The median household income in Payne County is $49,809 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% 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. Payne County scores 23 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,773 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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