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Bakeries and dessert shops in Refugio County, TX
How Refugio 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On food away from home · $3,086 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,657
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,086 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Refugio County spend about $7.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Refugio County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Refugio County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Refugio County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Refugio 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 | Refugio County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $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 | −1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,086 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,181 | $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
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Refugio 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 Refugio County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,657−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,495
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 771 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $60,181
- Average household income
- $68,904
- Median home value
- $99,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,031
- Daytime population
- 6,021Residents 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 |
| Refugio County, TX | Not scored | 2 | 8.0 | $3.9M | −1.3% |
Other business types in Refugio County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Refugio County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Refugio County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Refugio County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Refugio County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $7.7M a year, or $3,086 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 2,495 households in Refugio County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Refugio County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Refugio County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Refugio County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Refugio County at 6,657 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,495 households. The median household income in Refugio County is $60,181 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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