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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sterling County, TX

How Sterling 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
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.5M
On food away from home · $3,742 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
1,349
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Sterling County as of September 2026.

Household spending on food away from home in Sterling County comes to about $1.5M a year: $3,742 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sterling County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Sterling County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Sterling 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Sterling County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureSterling CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.011.89.8
Spending per listingn/a$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,742$3,970$4,070
Median household income$64,954$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Sterling 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 Sterling County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,349−2.5% since 2020
Households
399
Median age
32.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
923 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$64,954
Average household income
$97,198
Median home value
$147,000
Jobs located here
481
Daytime population
1,439Residents 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 counties in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Sterling County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX90126.5$6.3M+21.9%#17 of 1,889
2Guadalupe County, TX80416.3$6.7M+15.8%#86 of 1,889
3Bastrop County, TX78277.3$5.5M+21.3%#118 of 1,889
4Medina County, TX76116.2$6.2M+11.4%#144 of 1,889
5Llano County, TX7487.4$5.1M+9.5%#195 of 1,889
6Wilson County, TX73158.2$5.1M+12.2%#210 of 1,889
7San Jacinto County, TX7165.5$6.2M+7.1%#240 of 1,889
8Coryell County, TX68176.3$5.6M+3.0%#316 of 1,889
9Aransas County, TX6797.2$5M+9.3%#342 of 1,889
10Fannin County, TX65129.4$3.9M+9.2%#404 of 1,889
Sterling County, TXNot scored00.0n/a−2.5%

Other business types in Sterling County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Sterling County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Sterling 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 Sterling County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Sterling County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $1.5M a year, or $3,742 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 399 households in Sterling County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sterling County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Sterling County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings.

How fast is Sterling County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Sterling County at 1,349 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 399 households. Median household income in Sterling County is $64,954, 20% 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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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Sterling County

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