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Bakeries and dessert shops in Jones County, TX

How Jones County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,545 of 1,889 scored counties
#106 of 147 scored counties in Texas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$19.6M
On food away from home · $3,308 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,861
+6.1% since 2020

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What this means

For bakeries and dessert shops, Jones County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,545 of 1,889 scored counties and #106 of 147 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 bakeries and dessert shops in Jones County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 20% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Jones County comes to about $19.6M a year: $3,308 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per shop, 33% below 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.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Jones County in 2023. That is one for every 1,479 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $470K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Jones County. Population estimates put the population change in Jones County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Jones 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 Jones County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureJones CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.811.89.8
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4791,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,308$3,970$4,070
Median household income$59,464$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3345

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$178K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$470K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
20,861+6.1% since 2020
Households
5,915
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
929 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$59,464+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,714
Median home value
$96,500
Jobs located here
2,897
Daytime population
15,513Residents 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 Jones 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
106Jones County, TX33711.8$2.8M+6.1%#1,545 of 1,889

Other business types in Jones County

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

Questions

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

There are 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Jones County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.

How much do households in Jones County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $19.6M a year, or $3,308 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 5,915 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jones 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 $2.8M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Jones County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,479 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Jones County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Jones County at 20,861 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,915 households. Median household income in Jones County is $59,464, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Jones County scores 33 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,545 of 1,889 scored counties.

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