Food and drink · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Ponca City, OK area
How the Ponca City, OK 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #465 of 507 scored small-town markets
#15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 21
- 11 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $54.7M
- On food away from home · $3,263 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,490
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Ponca City area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #465 of 507 scored small-town markets and #15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 bakeries and dessert shops in the Ponca City area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 52%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.5, 28% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,263 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Ponca City area spend about $54.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 21 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 37% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Ponca City area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,864 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Ponca City area. Population estimates show the Ponca City area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ponca City area 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 | Ponca City area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,864 | 1,709 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,263 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,423 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Ponca City 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 Ponca City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,490−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,776
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 920 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,308
- Median home value
- $124,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,500
- Daytime population
- 42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ponca City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tahlequah, OK | 71 | 9 | 4.8 | $6.6M | +4.5% | #51 of 507 |
| 2Duncan, OK | 63 | 14 | 8.0 | $4.2M | +3.4% | #115 of 507 |
| 3Bartlesville, OK | 50 | 17 | 8.1 | $4.3M | +2.7% | #260 of 507 |
| 4Ada, OK | 47 | 14 | 9.3 | $3.6M | +1.2% | #287 of 507 |
| 5Miami, OK | 46 | 7 | 5.9 | $5M | +0.7% | #292 of 507 |
| 6Ardmore, OK | 46 | 25 | 13.1 | $2.6M | +1.8% | #298 of 507 |
| 7Durant, OK | 45 | 24 | 13.0 | $2.5M | +10.9% | #308 of 507 |
| 8Altus, OK | 42 | 12 | 12.3 | $2.8M | +0.1% | #341 of 507 |
| 9Guymon, OK | 39 | 5 | 7.3 | $4.4M | −4.5% | #364 of 507 |
| 10Weatherford, OK | 39 | 12 | 7.9 | $4.2M | −0.7% | #366 of 507 |
| 15Ponca City, OK | 27 | 21 | 12.5 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #465 of 507 |
Other business types in the Ponca City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes39
- Bakeries and dessert shops27
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Ponca City, OK area?
There are 21 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Ponca City area as of September 2026. 11 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Ponca City, OK area spend on food away from home?
About $54.7M a year, or $3,263 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 16,776 households in the Ponca City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ponca City, OK area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Ponca City area has 12.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Ponca City area would have about 13, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,864 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ponca City, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ponca City area at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in the Ponca City area is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Ponca City area scores 27 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #465 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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