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Bakeries and dessert shops in Bingham County, ID
How Bingham 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 · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #527 of 1,889 scored counties
#4 of 21 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $60.9M
- On food away from home · $3,778 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,153
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bingham County spend about $60.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,778 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.1M per shop, 2% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Bingham County has 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 5% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Bingham County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,305 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $240K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Bingham County.
Population estimates put the population change in Bingham County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Bingham County is 61 (upper middle), #527 of 1,889 scored counties and #4 of 21 scored counties in Idaho.
How Bingham 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 | Bingham County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,305 | 1,066 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,778 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,878 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $604K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $240K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Bingham 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 Bingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,153+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,132
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $77,878+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,279
- Median home value
- $293,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,423
- Daytime population
- 43,536Residents 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 |
Other business types in Bingham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes81
- Sit-down restaurants82
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes75
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Bingham County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 bakeries and dessert shops in Bingham County. 2 of them (13%) 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bingham County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $60.9M a year, or $3,778 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 16,132 households in Bingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bingham County, ID compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Bingham County has 9.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.1M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,305 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Bingham County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Bingham County at 51,153 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,132 households. The median household income in Bingham County is $77,878 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.4% 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. 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. Bingham County scores 61 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #527 of 1,889 scored counties.
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