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Coffee shops and cafes in Lemhi County, ID

How Lemhi 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
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$10.9M
On food away from home · $3,150 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.4
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,474
+6.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 coffee shops and cafes in Lemhi County. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 17.4 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

At $3,150 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Lemhi County spend about $10.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 6 coffee shops and cafes, that is $1.8M per cafe, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Lemhi County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 692 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lemhi County grew 6.5%, 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 Lemhi 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 Lemhi County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureLemhi CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.415.111.0
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.6M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)6921,1481,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,150$3,857$4,070
Median household income$53,202$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
43
Annual payroll, 2023
$587K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lemhi 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 Lemhi County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,474+6.5% since 2020
Households
3,458
Median age
53.4
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
4,564 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$53,202
Average household income
$74,280
Median home value
$326,100
Jobs located here
2,599
Daytime population
7,848Residents 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 Lemhi 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
Lemhi County, IDNot scored617.4$1.8M+6.5%

Other business types in Lemhi 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 Lemhi County, ID?

There are 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Lemhi County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.

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

About $10.9M a year, or $3,150 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,458 households in Lemhi County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lemhi County has 17.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.8M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Lemhi County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 692 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Lemhi County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Lemhi County at 8,474 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,458 households. The median household income in Lemhi County is $53,202 a year, 34% 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.

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