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Bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County, SD
The bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #445 of 1,889 scored counties
#6 of 11 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $28.8M
- On food away from home · $3,973 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,570
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,973 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Hughes County spend about $28.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 5 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.8M per shop, 39% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Hughes County has 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hughes County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hughes County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, Hughes County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #445 of 1,889 scored counties and #6 of 11 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hughes 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 | Hughes County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 6.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $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 | −0.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,973 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,395 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 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
- 53 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Hughes 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 Hughes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,570−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,253
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 742 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $81,395+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,105
- Median home value
- $242,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,890
- Daytime population
- 19,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Hughes County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Hughes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops63
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Hughes County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 bakeries and dessert shops in Hughes County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hughes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hughes County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $28.8M a year, or $3,973 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 7,253 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hughes County, SD compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Hughes County has 6.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.8M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hughes County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Hughes County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Hughes County at 17,570 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,253 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $81,395 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Hughes County scores 63 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #445 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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