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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sabine County, TX
How Sabine 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,828 of 1,889 scored counties
#140 of 147 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On food away from home · $3,310 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,012
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Sabine County is 19 (low), #1,828 of 1,889 scored counties and #140 of 147 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Sabine County comes to about $15.4M a year: $3,310 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 47% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Sabine County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 15.1 per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Sabine County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Sabine County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sabine 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 | Sabine County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $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 | +1.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,310 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,585 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 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
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Sabine 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 Sabine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,012+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,649
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $66,585+90.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,184
- Median home value
- $153,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,322
- Daytime population
- 9,215Residents 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 Sabine 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 |
| 140Sabine County, TX | 19 | 7 | 15.1 | $2.2M | +1.2% | #1,828 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Sabine County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes20
- Bakeries and dessert shops19
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 Sabine County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 bakeries and dessert shops in Sabine County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Sabine County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Sabine County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $15.4M a year, or $3,310 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 $2.2M 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 4,649 households in Sabine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sabine County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Sabine County has 15.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sabine County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Sabine County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Sabine County at 10,012 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,649 households. The median household income in Sabine County is $66,585 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 90.3% 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. Sabine County scores 19 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,828 of 1,889 scored counties.
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