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Coffee shops and cafes in Bear Lake County, ID

How Bear Lake County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.2M
On food away from home · $3,617 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
60% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,727
+5.7% 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

At $3,617 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Bear Lake County spend about $8.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.1M per cafe, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Bear Lake County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.6, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Bear Lake County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Bear Lake County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Bear Lake 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 coffee shops and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Coffee shops and cafes in Bear Lake County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBear Lake CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.615.111.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,1481,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,617$3,857$4,070
Median household income$75,260$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Bear Lake 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Population and households in Bear Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,727+5.7% since 2020
Households
2,278
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
90%
Vehicles per household
2.7
Land area
976 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$75,260
Average household income
$88,185
Median home value
$275,000
Jobs located here
1,608
Daytime population
5,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Idaho

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The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Bear Lake County marked.

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bingham County, ID75116.8$5.5M+6.4%#191 of 2,063
2Jefferson County, ID7154.9$8.1M+13.6%#259 of 2,063
3Canyon County, ID64738.5$4.4M+18.1%#477 of 2,063
4Minidoka County, ID5778.6$4.1M+5.7%#733 of 2,063
5Jerome County, ID55910.9$3.4M+8.6%#828 of 2,063
6Gem County, ID50911.8$3M+13.0%#1,019 of 2,063
7Bonneville County, ID485211.8$3.3M+8.9%#1,109 of 2,063
8Ada County, ID4631615.6$2.8M+9.6%#1,188 of 2,063
9Bannock County, ID433410.1$3.5M+4.9%#1,278 of 2,063
10Payette County, ID411313.4$2.6M+8.8%#1,358 of 2,063
Bear Lake County, IDNot scored417.6$2.1M+5.7%

Other business types in Bear Lake County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Bear Lake County, ID?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 coffee shops and cafes in Bear Lake County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Bear Lake County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bear Lake County, ID spend on food away from home?

About $8.2M a year, or $3,617 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,278 households in Bear Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bear Lake County, ID compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Bear Lake County has 17.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.1M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Bear Lake County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Bear Lake County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Bear Lake County at 6,727 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,278 households. Median household income in Bear Lake County is $75,260, 7% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in Bear Lake County

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