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Bakeries and dessert shops in Nez Perce County, ID
How Nez Perce 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #677 of 1,889 scored counties
#6 of 21 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $62.9M
- On food away from home · $3,644 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 90% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,905
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 bakeries and dessert shops in Nez Perce County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 53% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Nez Perce County comes to about $62.9M a year: $3,644 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $7.9M per shop, 90% 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.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Nez Perce County in 2023. That is one for every 1,016 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Nez Perce County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nez Perce County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Nez Perce County is 56 (upper middle), #677 of 1,889 scored counties and #6 of 21 scored counties in Idaho.
How Nez Perce 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 | Nez Perce County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,016 | 1,066 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,644 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,599 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 17All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 201
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,905+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 17,270
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 848 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $72,599+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,379
- Median home value
- $334,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,904
- Daytime population
- 44,762Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Nez Perce County marked.
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 Nez Perce County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza59
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Nez Perce County, ID?
Nez Perce County has 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 17 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 Nez Perce County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $62.9M a year, or $3,644 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.9M 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 17,270 households in Nez Perce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nez Perce County, ID compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Nez Perce County has 4.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.9M, 90% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Nez Perce County would have about 15, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,016 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Nez Perce County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Nez Perce County at 42,905 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,270 households. Median household income in Nez Perce County is $72,599, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Nez Perce County scores 56 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #677 of 1,889 scored counties.
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