Food and drink · Small-town market · West Virginia
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Fairmont, WV area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Fairmont, WV area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #82 of 507 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 4 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $80.7M
- On food away from home · $3,459 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 50% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,584
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,459 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Fairmont area spend about $80.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 13 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $6.2M per shop, 50% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
The Fairmont area has 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 43% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Fairmont area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 3,334 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fairmont area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, the Fairmont area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #82 of 507 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Fairmont area compares
The same measures for West 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.
| Measure | Fairmont area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 7.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 3,334 | 2,709 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,459 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,370 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 134 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 the Fairmont area, 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 the Fairmont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,584−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,339
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 181
- Median household income
- $67,370+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,263
- Median home value
- $166,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,773
- Daytime population
- 50,587Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in West Virginia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fairmont area marked.
Top small-town markets in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairmont, WV | 66 | 13 | 5.6 | $6.2M | −1.2% | #82 of 507 |
| 2Elkins, WV | 58 | 5 | 4.7 | $6.8M | −3.6% | #168 of 507 |
| 3Bluefield, WV-VA | 50 | 26 | 6.4 | $4.8M | −3.8% | #255 of 507 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 43 | 35 | 9.1 | $3.6M | −1.3% | #328 of 507 |
| 4Clarksburg, WV | 33 | 34 | 9.6 | $3.6M | −2.4% | #426 of 507 |
Other business types in the Fairmont area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes64
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Fairmont, WV area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 bakeries and dessert shops in the Fairmont area. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.
How much do households in the Fairmont, WV area spend on food away from home?
About $80.7M a year, or $3,459 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 23,339 households in the Fairmont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairmont, WV area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Fairmont area has 5.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $6.2M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Fairmont area would have about 20, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,334 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fairmont, WV area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairmont area at 55,584 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,339 households. The median household income in the Fairmont area is $67,370 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fairmont area scores 66 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #82 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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