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Bakeries and dessert shops in Wasco County, OR
How Wasco County, OR 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,792 of 1,889 scored counties
#23 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $36.6M
- On food away from home · $3,464 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.2
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Wasco County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,792 of 1,889 scored counties and #23 of 28 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 bakeries and dessert shops in Wasco County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 14.2 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Wasco County spend about $36.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,464 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per shop, 41% 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 7 businesses with payroll in Wasco County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,509 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 $75K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Wasco County. Population estimates put the population change in Wasco County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wasco County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Wasco County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.2 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,509 | 961 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,464 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Wasco 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 Wasco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Wasco County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 75 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.3M | +10.6% | #173 of 1,889 |
| 2Jefferson County, OR | 74 | 5 | 5.7 | $6.6M | +4.7% | #179 of 1,889 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 68 | 21 | 6.4 | $6.4M | +2.3% | #309 of 1,889 |
| 4Columbia County, OR | 66 | 9 | 4.3 | $9.2M | +2.6% | #352 of 1,889 |
| 5Washington County, OR | 62 | 174 | 7.4 | $6.4M | +1.8% | #462 of 1,889 |
| 6Clackamas County, OR | 60 | 122 | 7.4 | $6.2M | +0.9% | #534 of 1,889 |
| 7Yamhill County, OR | 59 | 28 | 7.1 | $5.8M | +2.2% | #571 of 1,889 |
| 8Benton County, OR | 57 | 32 | 8.3 | $4.8M | +4.4% | #655 of 1,889 |
| 9Klamath County, OR | 55 | 14 | 4.8 | $6.8M | +0.9% | #719 of 1,889 |
| 10Deschutes County, OR | 53 | 85 | 10.0 | $4.3M | +6.8% | #822 of 1,889 |
| 23Wasco County, OR | 22 | 15 | 14.2 | $2.4M | −1.1% | #1,792 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Wasco County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes17
- Sit-down restaurants20
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes20
- Bakeries and dessert shops22
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Wasco County, OR?
Wasco County has 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 7 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.
How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $36.6M a year, or $3,464 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Wasco County has 14.2 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Wasco County would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,509 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 22 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,792 of 1,889 scored counties.
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