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Bakeries and dessert shops in Gem County, ID
The bakeries and dessert shops in Gem County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #221 of 1,889 scored counties
#1 of 21 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.3M
- On food away from home · $3,568 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,773
- +13.0% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Gem County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 bakeries and dessert shops in Gem County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Gem County spend about $27.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,568 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Gem County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Gem County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gem County grew 13.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gem County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #221 of 1,889 scored counties and #1 of 21 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Gem 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 | Gem County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,066 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,568 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,605 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 48 |
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
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Gem 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 Gem County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,773+13.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,643
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 560 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $64,605+42.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,642
- Median home value
- $428,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,657
- Daytime population
- 16,682Residents 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 Gem County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes76
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza71
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops72
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Gem County, ID?
There are 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Gem County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Gem County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gem County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $27.3M a year, or $3,568 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 7,643 households in Gem County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gem County, ID compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Gem County has 6.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.5M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Gem County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Gem County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Gem County at 21,773 people in 2025, up 13.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,643 households. Median household income in Gem County is $64,605, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.0%, 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. Gem County scores 72 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #221 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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