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Food and drink · Small-town market · Oklahoma

Bakeries and dessert shops in the Weatherford, OK area

How the Weatherford, 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #366 of 507 scored small-town markets
#10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
12
3 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
9
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$50.6M
On food away from home · $3,331 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.9
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,059
−0.7% 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

Household spending on food away from home in the Weatherford area comes to about $50.6M a year: $3,331 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.2M per shop, 2% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

The Weatherford area has 12 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 25%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Weatherford area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,686 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 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Weatherford area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Weatherford area is 39 (lower middle), #366 of 507 scored small-town markets and #10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Weatherford 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Weatherford, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureWeatherford areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.910.19.8
Spending per listing$4.2M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,6861,7091,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,331$3,519$4,070
Median household income$60,977$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3938

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Weatherford 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 Weatherford area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,059−0.7% since 2020
Households
15,175
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,992 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$60,977
Average household income
$81,638
Median home value
$155,000
Jobs located here
13,926
Daytime population
39,124Residents 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 small-town markets in Oklahoma for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Weatherford area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tahlequah, OK7194.8$6.6M+4.5%#51 of 507
2Duncan, OK63148.0$4.2M+3.4%#115 of 507
3Bartlesville, OK50178.1$4.3M+2.7%#260 of 507
4Ada, OK47149.3$3.6M+1.2%#287 of 507
5Miami, OK4675.9$5M+0.7%#292 of 507
6Ardmore, OK462513.1$2.6M+1.8%#298 of 507
7Durant, OK452413.0$2.5M+10.9%#308 of 507
8Altus, OK421212.3$2.8M+0.1%#341 of 507
9Guymon, OK3957.3$4.4M−4.5%#364 of 507
10Weatherford, OK39127.9$4.2M−0.7%#366 of 507

Other business types in the Weatherford area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Weatherford, OK area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 bakeries and dessert shops in the Weatherford area. 3 of them (25%) 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. 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 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Weatherford, OK area spend on food away from home?

About $50.6M a year, or $3,331 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 15,175 households in the Weatherford area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Weatherford area has 7.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,686 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Weatherford, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Weatherford area at 39,059 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,175 households. The median household income in the Weatherford area is $60,977 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Weatherford area scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #366 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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