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Bakeries and dessert shops in Young County, TX

How Young 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,477 of 1,889 scored counties
#101 of 147 scored counties in Texas

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$26.8M
On food away from home · $3,500 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,154
+1.7% since 2020

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What this means

Young County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,477 of 1,889 scored counties and #101 of 147 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 bakeries and dessert shops in Young County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 7% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Young County comes to about $26.8M a year: $3,500 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per shop, 19% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Young County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $568K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Young County. Population estimates show Young County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Young 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 Young County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureYoung CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.511.89.8
Spending per listing$3.3M$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+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,500$3,970$4,070
Median household income$68,010$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3545

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
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$568K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Young 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 Young County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,154+1.7% since 2020
Households
7,643
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
915 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$68,010+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,767
Median home value
$175,800
Jobs located here
6,560
Daytime population
16,034Residents 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 Young 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
101Young County, TX35810.5$3.3M+1.7%#1,477 of 1,889

Other business types in Young County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

There are 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Young County as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) 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 Young County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $26.8M a year, or $3,500 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 7,643 households in Young County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Young County has 10.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Young County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Young County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Young County at 18,154 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,643 households. Median household income in Young County is $68,010, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Young County scores 35 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,477 of 1,889 scored counties.

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