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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Mineral Wells, TX area

The bakeries and dessert shops in the Mineral Wells, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #343 of 507 scored small-town markets
#19 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
6
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$39M
On food away from home · $3,468 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
63% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,791
+8.2% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in the Mineral Wells area comes to about $39M a year: $3,468 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

The Mineral Wells area has 18 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Mineral Wells area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,872 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mineral Wells area grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Mineral Wells area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #343 of 507 scored small-town markets and #19 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas.

How the Mineral Wells area 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 Mineral Wells, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMineral Wells areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.011.89.8
Spending per listing$2.2M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,8721,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,468$3,970$4,070
Median household income$67,674$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4245

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 the Mineral Wells area, 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 the Mineral Wells area

Population, 2025 estimate
30,791+8.2% since 2020
Households
11,234
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
953 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$67,674+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,412
Median home value
$198,000
Jobs located here
7,485
Daytime population
26,246Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Mineral Wells area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bonham, TX70129.4$3.9M+9.2%#58 of 507
2Sulphur Springs, TX68117.9$4.6M+6.1%#72 of 507
3Big Spring, TX6086.6$5.5M−12.4%#142 of 507
4El Campo, TX601610.1$3.6M+1.2%#152 of 507
5Port Lavaca, TX5678.1$4.8M−2.3%#188 of 507
6Brenham, TX562214.2$2.7M+7.0%#195 of 507
7Del Rio, TX55116.5$5.1M+0.5%#203 of 507
8Granbury, TX543011.8$3.5M+13.6%#216 of 507
9Brownwood, TX53117.3$4.4M+1.7%#223 of 507
10Athens, TX503811.3$3.1M+7.5%#263 of 507
19Mineral Wells, TX421816.0$2.2M+8.2%#343 of 507

Other business types in the Mineral Wells area

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 the Mineral Wells, TX area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 bakeries and dessert shops in the Mineral Wells area. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 6 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.

How much do households in the Mineral Wells, TX area spend on food away from home?

About $39M a year, or $3,468 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 11,234 households in the Mineral Wells area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mineral Wells, TX area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Mineral Wells area has 16.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Mineral Wells area would have about 9, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,872 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Mineral Wells, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Mineral Wells area at 30,791 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,234 households. The median household income in the Mineral Wells area is $67,674 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Mineral Wells area scores 42 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #343 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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