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Bakeries and dessert shops in Woodward County, OK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Woodward County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,820 of 1,889 scored counties
#45 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
9
4 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
6
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$26.9M
On food away from home · $3,389 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,827
−2.8% 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

For bakeries and dessert shops, Woodward County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #1,820 of 1,889 scored counties and #45 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Woodward County spend about $26.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,389 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3M per shop, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Woodward County has 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 16% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Woodward County in 2023. That is one for every 1,321 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. Population estimates put the population change in Woodward County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Woodward 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 Woodward County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureWoodward CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.410.19.8
Spending per listing$3M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3211,7091,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,389$3,519$4,070
Median household income$61,417$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score1938

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$676K
One-person businesses, 2023
5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
94 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Woodward 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 Woodward County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,827−2.8% since 2020
Households
7,925
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$61,417+2.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,705
Median home value
$169,000
Jobs located here
8,020
Daytime population
19,265Residents 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 Woodward 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
45Woodward County, OK19911.4$3M−2.8%#1,820 of 1,889

Other business types in Woodward County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 bakeries and dessert shops in Woodward County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 6 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $26.9M a year, or $3,389 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 7,925 households in Woodward County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Woodward County has 11.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Woodward County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,321 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Woodward County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Woodward County at 19,827 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,925 households. The median household income in Woodward County is $61,417 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 2.1% 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. Woodward County scores 19 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,820 of 1,889 scored counties.

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