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Coffee shops and cafes in Gem County, ID
How Gem 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 · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,019 of 2,063 scored counties
#6 of 29 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- 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
- $3M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,773
- +13.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Gem County comes to about $27.3M a year: $3,568 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per cafe, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Gem County has 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Gem County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Gem County.
Population estimates put the population change in Gem County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gem County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,019 of 2,063 scored counties and #6 of 29 scored counties in Idaho.
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 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.
| Measure | Gem County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,148 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.4% | +24.3% |
| 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 | 50 | 38 |
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
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 chain locations
- 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
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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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Gem County marked.
Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bingham County, ID | 75 | 11 | 6.8 | $5.5M | +6.4% | #191 of 2,063 |
| 2Jefferson County, ID | 71 | 5 | 4.9 | $8.1M | +13.6% | #259 of 2,063 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 64 | 73 | 8.5 | $4.4M | +18.1% | #477 of 2,063 |
| 4Minidoka County, ID | 57 | 7 | 8.6 | $4.1M | +5.7% | #733 of 2,063 |
| 5Jerome County, ID | 55 | 9 | 10.9 | $3.4M | +8.6% | #828 of 2,063 |
| 6Gem County, ID | 50 | 9 | 11.8 | $3M | +13.0% | #1,019 of 2,063 |
| 7Bonneville County, ID | 48 | 52 | 11.8 | $3.3M | +8.9% | #1,109 of 2,063 |
| 8Ada County, ID | 46 | 316 | 15.6 | $2.8M | +9.6% | #1,188 of 2,063 |
| 9Bannock County, ID | 43 | 34 | 10.1 | $3.5M | +4.9% | #1,278 of 2,063 |
| 10Payette County, ID | 41 | 13 | 13.4 | $2.6M | +8.8% | #1,358 of 2,063 |
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 coffee shops and cafes are in Gem County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 coffee shops and cafes in Gem County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars 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 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 7,643 households in Gem County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gem County, ID compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Gem County has 11.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Gem County would have about 7, against 9 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 50 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #1,019 of 2,063 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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