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Bakeries and dessert shops in Hood County, TX

The bakeries and dessert shops in Hood County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #908 of 1,889 scored counties
#50 of 147 scored counties in Texas

Listings
30
7 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
19
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$104M
On food away from home · $4,076 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,501
+13.6% since 2020

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What this means

At $4,076 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Hood County spend about $104M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Hood County has 30 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 23%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 20% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Hood County in 2023. That is one for every 1,343 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Hood County.

Population estimates put the population change in Hood County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Hood County is 51 (upper middle), #908 of 1,889 scored counties and #50 of 147 scored counties in Texas.

How Hood 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Hood County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHood CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.811.89.8
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3431,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,076$3,970$4,070
Median household income$88,160$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5145

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 19All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
147
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
307 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Hood 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 Hood County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,501+13.6% since 2020
Households
25,523
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
421 sq. mi.
People per square mile
157
Median household income
$88,160+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,661
Median home value
$306,400
Jobs located here
16,556
Daytime population
53,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX90126.5$6.3M+21.9%#17 of 1,889
2Guadalupe County, TX80416.3$6.7M+15.8%#86 of 1,889
3Bastrop County, TX78277.3$5.5M+21.3%#118 of 1,889
4Medina County, TX76116.2$6.2M+11.4%#144 of 1,889
5Llano County, TX7487.4$5.1M+9.5%#195 of 1,889
6Wilson County, TX73158.2$5.1M+12.2%#210 of 1,889
7San Jacinto County, TX7165.5$6.2M+7.1%#240 of 1,889
8Coryell County, TX68176.3$5.6M+3.0%#316 of 1,889
9Aransas County, TX6797.2$5M+9.3%#342 of 1,889
10Fannin County, TX65129.4$3.9M+9.2%#404 of 1,889
50Hood County, TX513011.8$3.5M+13.6%#908 of 1,889

Other business types in Hood County

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

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Hood County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 bakeries and dessert shops in Hood County. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 19 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 Hood County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $104M a year, or $4,076 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 25,523 households in Hood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hood County has 11.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hood County would have about 25, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,343 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Hood County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hood County at 70,501 people in 2025, up 13.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,523 households. The median household income in Hood County is $88,160 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Hood County scores 51 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #908 of 1,889 scored counties.

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