Food and drink · Small-town market · Idaho
Coffee shops and cafes in the Mountain Home, ID area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Mountain Home, ID area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #377 of 529 scored small-town markets
#4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,478 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,465
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 coffee shops and cafes in the Mountain Home area. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,478 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Mountain Home area spend about $38.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.1M per cafe, 42% 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Mountain Home area in 2023. That is one for every 1,845 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mountain Home area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Mountain Home area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #377 of 529 scored small-town markets and #4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho.
How the Mountain Home area 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 | Mountain Home area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,845 | 1,148 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.4% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,478 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,359 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Mountain Home area, 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 the Mountain Home area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,465+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,067
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $65,359+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,615
- Median home value
- $316,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,488
- Daytime population
- 25,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mountain Home area marked.
Top small-town markets in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Blackfoot, ID | 80 | 11 | 6.8 | $5.5M | +6.4% | #10 of 529 |
| Brigham City, UT-ID | 76 | 15 | 7.0 | $5.6M | +12.6% | #21 of 529 |
| 2Burley, ID | 49 | 17 | 10.2 | $3.5M | +6.2% | #272 of 529 |
| 3Hailey, ID | 42 | 25 | 19.8 | $2.1M | +6.1% | #355 of 529 |
| Jackson, WY-ID | 41 | 37 | 25.5 | $2M | +4.2% | #368 of 529 |
| 4Mountain Home, ID | 40 | 18 | 16.3 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #377 of 529 |
| 5Rexburg, ID | 37 | 22 | 12.2 | $2.8M | +4.5% | #402 of 529 |
| 6Sandpoint, ID | 36 | 55 | 27.1 | $1.3M | +14.8% | #429 of 529 |
| 7Moscow, ID | 33 | 34 | 20.9 | $1.7M | +5.6% | #448 of 529 |
| Ontario, OR-ID | 31 | 30 | 15.0 | $2.2M | +5.0% | #463 of 529 |
Other business types in the Mountain Home area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops59
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Mountain Home, ID area?
There are 18 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Mountain Home area as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 6 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Mountain Home, ID area spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,478 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 11,067 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mountain Home, ID area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Mountain Home area has 16.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.1M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 10, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,845 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mountain Home, ID area growing?
Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 29,465 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,067 households. The median household income in the Mountain Home area is $65,359 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Mountain Home area scores 40 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #377 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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