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Bakeries and dessert shops in Juniata County, PA

How Juniata County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$31.9M
On food away from home · $3,531 a household
Spending per listing
$10.6M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
66% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,403
−0.3% 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

At $3,531 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Juniata County spend about $31.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $10.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Juniata County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 66% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Juniata County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Juniata County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Juniata County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Juniata County 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Juniata County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureJuniata CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.310.49.8
Spending per listing$10.6M$3.8M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,6101,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,531$3,973$4,070
Median household income$66,318$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Juniata 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 Juniata County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,403−0.3% since 2020
Households
9,025
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$66,318+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,850
Median home value
$217,000
Jobs located here
6,650
Daytime population
19,632Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Juniata County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA86114.5$8.8M+7.2%#35 of 1,889
2Perry County, PA70116.0$6.4M+2.1%#259 of 1,889
3Franklin County, PA70518.0$4.8M+3.0%#276 of 1,889
4Greene County, PA6385.6$6.3M−5.5%#440 of 1,889
5Chester County, PA6323611.5$4.5M+4.2%#456 of 1,889
6Lebanon County, PA62457.9$4.9M+2.2%#476 of 1,889
7York County, PA6218410.1$4M+3.6%#488 of 1,889
8Cumberland County, PA6111510.8$3.9M+6.5%#529 of 1,889
9Warren County, PA6074.3$7.6M−3.8%#530 of 1,889
10Adams County, PA60379.1$4.4M+3.6%#554 of 1,889
Juniata County, PANot scored33.3$10.6M−0.3%

Other business types in Juniata County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Juniata County, PA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Juniata County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Juniata County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Juniata County, PA spend on food away from home?

About $31.9M a year, or $3,531 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $10.6M 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 9,025 households in Juniata County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Juniata County has 3.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $10.6M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Juniata County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Juniata County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Juniata County at 23,403 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,025 households. The median household income in Juniata County is $66,318 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. Juniata County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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