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Bakeries and dessert shops in Dinwiddie County, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Dinwiddie County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$40.5M
On food away from home · $3,800 a household
Spending per listing
$20.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
28,896
+3.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Dinwiddie County. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Dinwiddie County comes to about $40.5M a year: $3,800 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $20.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 Dinwiddie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Dinwiddie County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Dinwiddie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Dinwiddie County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Dinwiddie County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureDinwiddie CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.98.59.8
Spending per listing$20.3M$5.2M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a2,0201,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.9%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,800$4,372$4,070
Median household income$83,704$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored80

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
10The 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 Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,896+3.6% since 2020
Households
10,661
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
56
Median household income
$83,704+38.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,403
Median home value
$257,800
Jobs located here
10,184
Daytime population
24,737Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Dinwiddie County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Kent County, VA9455.4$8.9M+21.2%#3 of 1,889
2Stafford County, VA94346.5$8.2M+8.3%#4 of 1,889
3Orange County, VA9196.1$7.1M+10.1%#12 of 1,889
4Isle of Wight County, VA9095.7$7.4M+6.7%#14 of 1,889
5Chesterfield County, VA90906.4$7M+8.7%#16 of 1,889
6Louisa County, VA8995.8$7M+13.6%#23 of 1,889
7Spotsylvania County, VA89377.1$6.7M+10.5%#24 of 1,889
8Suffolk city, VA88266.9$6.1M+10.4%#28 of 1,889
9Fluvanna County, VA8754.8$8.9M+6.2%#29 of 1,889
10Frederick County, VA86287.9$5.6M+8.8%#40 of 1,889
Dinwiddie County, VANot scored21.9$20.3M+3.6%

Other business types in Dinwiddie County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Dinwiddie County, VA?

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Dinwiddie County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Dinwiddie County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Dinwiddie County, VA spend on food away from home?

About $40.5M a year, or $3,800 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $20.3M 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 10,661 households in Dinwiddie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dinwiddie County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Dinwiddie County would have about 10, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Dinwiddie County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Dinwiddie County at 28,896 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,661 households. Median household income in Dinwiddie County is $83,704, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.7%, 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. Dinwiddie County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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