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Coffee shops and cafes in Canyon County, ID

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Canyon County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #477 of 2,063 scored counties
#3 of 29 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
73
37 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
51
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +54.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$321.5M
On food away from home · $3,736 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
275,123
+18.1% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Canyon County comes to about $321.5M a year: $3,736 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 73 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.4M per cafe, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Canyon County has 73 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Canyon County in 2023, up 54.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,688 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Canyon County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Canyon County grew 18.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Canyon County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #477 of 2,063 scored counties and #3 of 29 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Canyon 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 Canyon County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureCanyon CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.515.111.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$2.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,6881,1481,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+54.6%+45.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+18.1%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,736$3,857$4,070
Median household income$76,488$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score6438

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 51All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +54.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
685
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
19All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7337 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Canyon 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 Canyon County

Population, 2025 estimate
275,123+18.1% since 2020
Households
86,069
Median age
35.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
587 sq. mi.
People per square mile
427
Median household income
$76,488+46.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,734
Median home value
$390,000
Jobs located here
87,969
Daytime population
224,051Residents 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 Canyon 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

Other business types in Canyon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 coffee shops and cafes in Canyon County. 37 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 54.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $321.5M a year, or $3,736 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 86,069 households in Canyon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Canyon County has 8.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.4M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Canyon County would have about 87, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,688 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 54.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Canyon County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Canyon County at 275,123 people in 2025, up 18.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,069 households. Median household income in Canyon County is $76,488, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 46.7%, 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. Canyon County scores 64 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #477 of 2,063 scored counties.

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