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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Cody, WY area

How the Cody, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #161 of 507 scored small-town markets
#3 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming

Listings
11
3 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
9
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$49.2M
On food away from home · $3,694 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,171
+5.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 bakeries and dessert shops in the Cody area. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 15% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in the Cody area comes to about $49.2M a year: $3,694 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Cody area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,481 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.

Population estimates put the population change in the Cody area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cody area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #161 of 507 scored small-town markets and #3 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.

How the Cody area compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Cody, WY area compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureCody areaWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.37.39.8
Spending per listing$4.5M$5.2M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4811,1261,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+44.0%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,694$3,811$4,070
Median household income$73,035$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score5952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$948K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Cody 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 Cody area

Population, 2025 estimate
31,171+5.1% since 2020
Households
13,330
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
6,939 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$73,035
Average household income
$97,041
Median home value
$400,500
Jobs located here
12,969
Daytime population
30,223Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wyoming for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Cody area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wyoming

Small-town markets in Wyoming ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie, WY6195.3$6.6M+3.9%#128 of 507
2Gillette, WY61147.8$5.3M+2.1%#135 of 507
3Cody, WY59118.3$4.5M+5.1%#161 of 507
4Sheridan, WY58107.2$5M+7.2%#170 of 507
5Rock Springs, WY54116.3$6M−2.2%#209 of 507
6Riverton, WY46117.3$4.7M+0.7%#293 of 507
7Evanston, WY-UT451820.8$1.8M+2.0%#309 of 507
8Jackson, WY-ID442315.9$3.2M+4.2%#319 of 507

Other business types in the Cody area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Cody, WY area?

The Cody area has 11 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 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.

How much do households in the Cody, WY area spend on food away from home?

About $49.2M a year, or $3,694 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 13,330 households in the Cody area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cody, WY area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Cody area has 8.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.5M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Cody area would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,481 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Cody, WY area growing?

Population estimates put the Cody area at 31,171 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,330 households. Median household income in the Cody area is $73,035, 10% 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. 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 Cody area scores 59 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #161 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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