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Bakeries and dessert shops in Bennett County, SD
The bakeries and dessert shops in Bennett County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On food away from home · $2,983 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,307
- −2.6% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Bennett County
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What this means
At $2,983 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Bennett County spend about $2.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Bennett County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 10.9 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Bennett County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Bennett County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Bennett County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Bennett County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 6.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $5.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,329 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,983 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,750 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
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
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Bennett 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 Bennett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,307−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 920
- Median age
- 28.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,185 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $53,750
- Average household income
- $59,835
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 817
- Daytime population
- 3,143Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Bennett County?
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings County, SD | 78 | 8 | 5.8 | $6.5M | +9.6% | #113 of 1,889 |
| 2Lincoln County, SD | 75 | 17 | 6.1 | $7.4M | +17.5% | #159 of 1,889 |
| 3Union County, SD | 73 | 5 | 6.8 | $6.3M | +3.3% | #202 of 1,889 |
| 4Codington County, SD | 67 | 6 | 4.8 | $7.6M | +4.3% | #324 of 1,889 |
| 5Brown County, SD | 63 | 8 | 4.9 | $7.6M | −1.7% | #435 of 1,889 |
| 6Hughes County, SD | 63 | 5 | 6.9 | $5.8M | −0.9% | #445 of 1,889 |
| 7Lawrence County, SD | 62 | 7 | 5.8 | $6.4M | +14.0% | #463 of 1,889 |
| 8Minnehaha County, SD | 62 | 67 | 7.9 | $5M | +7.6% | #472 of 1,889 |
| 9Beadle County, SD | 55 | 5 | 6.6 | $5.4M | +2.4% | #728 of 1,889 |
| 10Pennington County, SD | 50 | 42 | 9.1 | $4.2M | +6.6% | #931 of 1,889 |
| Bennett County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 10.9 | $2.7M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Bennett County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Bennett County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in Bennett 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 Bennett County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bennett County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $2.7M a year, or $2,983 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 920 households in Bennett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bennett County, SD compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Bennett County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Bennett County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Bennett County at 3,307 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 920 households. The median household income in Bennett County is $53,750 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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