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Bakeries and dessert shops in Somerset County, PA
The bakeries and dessert shops in Somerset County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,740 of 1,889 scored counties
#60 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 34
- 5 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $98.1M
- On food away from home · $3,342 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,004
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Somerset County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,740 of 1,889 scored counties and #60 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Somerset County spend about $98.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,342 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per shop, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Somerset County has 34 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Somerset County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,956 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 show Somerset County declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Somerset 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.
| Measure | Somerset County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,956 | 1,610 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,342 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,446 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 15All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 345 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,004−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,344
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $61,446+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,574
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 23,480
- Daytime population
- 64,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Somerset County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 86 | 11 | 4.5 | $8.8M | +7.2% | #35 of 1,889 |
| 2Perry County, PA | 70 | 11 | 6.0 | $6.4M | +2.1% | #259 of 1,889 |
| 3Franklin County, PA | 70 | 51 | 8.0 | $4.8M | +3.0% | #276 of 1,889 |
| 4Greene County, PA | 63 | 8 | 5.6 | $6.3M | −5.5% | #440 of 1,889 |
| 5Chester County, PA | 63 | 236 | 11.5 | $4.5M | +4.2% | #456 of 1,889 |
| 6Lebanon County, PA | 62 | 45 | 7.9 | $4.9M | +2.2% | #476 of 1,889 |
| 7York County, PA | 62 | 184 | 10.1 | $4M | +3.6% | #488 of 1,889 |
| 8Cumberland County, PA | 61 | 115 | 10.8 | $3.9M | +6.5% | #529 of 1,889 |
| 9Warren County, PA | 60 | 7 | 4.3 | $7.6M | −3.8% | #530 of 1,889 |
| 10Adams County, PA | 60 | 37 | 9.1 | $4.4M | +3.6% | #554 of 1,889 |
| 60Somerset County, PA | 25 | 34 | 11.6 | $2.9M | −2.7% | #1,740 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Somerset County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Somerset County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 bakeries and dessert shops in Somerset County. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 15 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Somerset County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $98.1M a year, or $3,342 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 29,344 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, PA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Somerset County has 11.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Somerset County would have about 24, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,956 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 72,004 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,344 households. The median household income in Somerset County is $61,446 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Somerset County scores 25 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,740 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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