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Bakeries and dessert shops in Bandera County, TX
The bakeries and dessert shops in Bandera County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $34.5M
- On food away from home · $3,726 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,876
- +9.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Bandera County. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Bandera County spend about $34.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,726 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $8.6M per shop, 2.1 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Bandera County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Bandera County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Bandera County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bandera County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bandera County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $3.4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,335 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,726 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,813 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
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
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- 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 Bandera 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 Bandera County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,876+9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,255
- Median age
- 52.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 791 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $75,813+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,127
- Median home value
- $278,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,548
- Daytime population
- 16,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 90 | 12 | 6.5 | $6.3M | +21.9% | #17 of 1,889 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 80 | 41 | 6.3 | $6.7M | +15.8% | #86 of 1,889 |
| 3Bastrop County, TX | 78 | 27 | 7.3 | $5.5M | +21.3% | #118 of 1,889 |
| 4Medina County, TX | 76 | 11 | 6.2 | $6.2M | +11.4% | #144 of 1,889 |
| 5Llano County, TX | 74 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +9.5% | #195 of 1,889 |
| 6Wilson County, TX | 73 | 15 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +12.2% | #210 of 1,889 |
| 7San Jacinto County, TX | 71 | 6 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +7.1% | #240 of 1,889 |
| 8Coryell County, TX | 68 | 17 | 6.3 | $5.6M | +3.0% | #316 of 1,889 |
| 9Aransas County, TX | 67 | 9 | 7.2 | $5M | +9.3% | #342 of 1,889 |
| 10Fannin County, TX | 65 | 12 | 9.4 | $3.9M | +9.2% | #404 of 1,889 |
| Bandera County, TX | Not scored | 4 | 4.3 | $8.6M | +9.0% |
Other business types in Bandera County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops82
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Bandera County, TX?
There are 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Bandera County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Bandera County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bandera County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $34.5M a year, or $3,726 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 9,255 households in Bandera County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bandera County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Bandera County has 4.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $8.6M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Bandera County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Bandera County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bandera County at 22,876 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,255 households. Median household income in Bandera County is $75,813, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.2%, 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. Bandera County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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