Food and drink · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Bakeries and dessert shops in the East Stroudsburg, PA area
How the East Stroudsburg, PA 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #410 of 507 scored small-town markets
#15 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 77
- 34 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +43.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $244.3M
- On food away from home · $3,991 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 167,179
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The East Stroudsburg area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #410 of 507 scored small-town markets and #15 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 77 bakeries and dessert shops in the East Stroudsburg area. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the East Stroudsburg area comes to about $244.3M a year: $3,991 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 77 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.2M per shop, 23% 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 53 businesses with payroll in the East Stroudsburg area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 43.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,155 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 $234K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the East Stroudsburg area. Population estimates show the East Stroudsburg area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the East Stroudsburg area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | East Stroudsburg area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,155 | 1,610 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +43.2% | +13.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,991 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,565 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53All snack bars and retail bakeries · +43.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 517
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7734 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $234K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the East Stroudsburg 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 East Stroudsburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 167,179−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 61,212
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $83,565+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,906
- Median home value
- $267,600
- Jobs located here
- 50,869
- Daytime population
- 150,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the East Stroudsburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 89 | 11 | 4.5 | $8.8M | +7.2% | #3 of 507 |
| 2Lock Haven, PA | 65 | 11 | 7.1 | $4.8M | +1.3% | #101 of 507 |
| 3Warren, PA | 61 | 7 | 4.3 | $7.6M | −3.8% | #125 of 507 |
| 4Huntingdon, PA | 59 | 10 | 6.1 | $5.7M | −2.4% | #156 of 507 |
| 5DuBois, PA | 57 | 17 | 5.2 | $6.4M | −2.9% | #178 of 507 |
| 6Lewistown, PA | 53 | 11 | 5.9 | $5.6M | 0.0% | #217 of 507 |
| 7Sunbury, PA | 53 | 39 | 8.5 | $4.1M | −1.7% | #226 of 507 |
| 8Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 48 | 23 | 8.7 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #278 of 507 |
| 9Pottsville, PA | 48 | 64 | 11.0 | $3.2M | +1.5% | #281 of 507 |
| 10Sayre, PA | 42 | 29 | 11.8 | $3M | −0.6% | #340 of 507 |
| 15East Stroudsburg, PA | 35 | 77 | 12.6 | $3.2M | −0.7% | #410 of 507 |
Other business types in the East Stroudsburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the East Stroudsburg, PA area?
The East Stroudsburg area has 77 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 34 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 43.2% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the East Stroudsburg, PA area spend on food away from home?
About $244.3M a year, or $3,991 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 61,212 households in the East Stroudsburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the East Stroudsburg, PA area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The East Stroudsburg area has 12.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the East Stroudsburg area would have about 59, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 43.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the East Stroudsburg, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the East Stroudsburg area at 167,179 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,212 households. Median household income in the East Stroudsburg area is $83,565, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 East Stroudsburg area scores 35 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #410 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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