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Bakeries and dessert shops in Benewah County, ID
How Benewah County, ID 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On food away from home · $3,328 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,508
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in Benewah County. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in Benewah County spend about $13.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,328 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.6M per shop. 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 5 businesses with payroll in Benewah County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 814 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benewah County grew 9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, Benewah County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Benewah County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Benewah County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.6M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 814 | 1,066 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,328 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,794 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $542K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Benewah 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 Benewah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,508+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,072
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $59,794+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,752
- Median home value
- $293,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,376
- Daytime population
- 9,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gem County, ID | 72 | 5 | 6.5 | $5.5M | +13.0% | #221 of 1,889 |
| 2Bonner County, ID | 63 | 11 | 5.4 | $6.7M | +14.8% | #436 of 1,889 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 61 | 69 | 8.0 | $4.7M | +18.1% | #514 of 1,889 |
| 4Bingham County, ID | 61 | 15 | 9.3 | $4.1M | +6.4% | #527 of 1,889 |
| 5Ada County, ID | 60 | 188 | 9.3 | $4.6M | +9.6% | #547 of 1,889 |
| 6Nez Perce County, ID | 56 | 8 | 4.6 | $7.9M | +1.8% | #677 of 1,889 |
| 7Kootenai County, ID | 56 | 57 | 8.0 | $4.9M | +11.0% | #694 of 1,889 |
| 8Elmore County, ID | 54 | 8 | 7.2 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #779 of 1,889 |
| 9Minidoka County, ID | 49 | 8 | 9.9 | $3.6M | +5.7% | #973 of 1,889 |
| 10Jefferson County, ID | 46 | 12 | 11.8 | $3.4M | +13.6% | #1,095 of 1,889 |
| Benewah County, ID | Not scored | 1 | 2.5 | $13.6M | +9.7% |
Other business types in Benewah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes25
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Benewah County, ID?
There is 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings in Benewah County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 5 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 Benewah County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $13.6M a year, or $3,328 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $13.6M 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 4,072 households in Benewah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benewah County, ID compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Benewah County has 1 bakery or dessert shop 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, Benewah County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 814 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Benewah County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Benewah County at 10,508 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,072 households. Median household income in Benewah County is $59,794, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Benewah County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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