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Bakeries and dessert shops in Maverick County, TX
How Maverick 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,802 of 1,889 scored counties
#136 of 147 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 21
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $54.9M
- On food away from home · $3,035 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,823
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Maverick County is 21 (low), #1,802 of 1,889 scored counties and #136 of 147 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 bakeries and dessert shops in Maverick County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Maverick County comes to about $54.9M a year: $3,035 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 37% 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 13 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Maverick County in 2023. That is one for every 1,391 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 $723K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Maverick County. Population estimates put the population change in Maverick County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Maverick 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 | Maverick County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,391 | 1,335 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,035 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,568 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 13All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $723K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Maverick 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 Maverick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,823+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 18,080
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,280 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $49,568+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,509
- Median home value
- $158,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,329
- Daytime population
- 51,575Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Maverick County marked.
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 |
| 136Maverick County, TX | 21 | 21 | 11.6 | $2.6M | +1.7% | #1,802 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Maverick County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes31
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops24
- Pizza54
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Maverick County, TX?
There are 21 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Maverick 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 13 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. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Maverick County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $54.9M a year, or $3,035 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 18,080 households in Maverick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Maverick County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Maverick County has 11.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Maverick County would have about 13, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,391 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Maverick County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Maverick County at 58,823 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,080 households. Median household income in Maverick County is $49,568, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Maverick County scores 21 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,802 of 1,889 scored counties.
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