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Bakeries and dessert shops in Scurry County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Scurry County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,721 of 1,889 scored counties
#127 of 147 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 3 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On food away from home · $3,458 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,162
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Scurry County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,721 of 1,889 scored counties and #127 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 Scurry County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 43%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 11.9 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Scurry County spend about $20.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,458 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per shop, 30% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Scurry County in 2023. That is one for every 1,959 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scurry County declined 4.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Scurry 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 | Scurry County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,959 | 1,335 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,458 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,039 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $252K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 73 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Scurry 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 Scurry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,162−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 5,876
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 905 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $60,039+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,140
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,916
- Daytime population
- 15,922Residents 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 Scurry 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 |
| 127Scurry County, TX | 26 | 7 | 11.9 | $2.9M | −4.5% | #1,721 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Scurry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes17
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza20
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Scurry County, TX?
There are 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Scurry County as of September 2026. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 3 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Scurry County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $20.3M a year, or $3,458 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 5,876 households in Scurry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scurry County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Scurry County has 11.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Scurry County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,959 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Scurry County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Scurry County at 16,162 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,876 households. Median household income in Scurry County is $60,039, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.5%, 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. Scurry County scores 26 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,721 of 1,889 scored counties.
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