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Convenience stores in Custer County, ID

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Custer County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.4M
On groceries · $5,349 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
67% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.6
2.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,636
+8.6% 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 $5,349 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Custer County spend about $10.4M a year on groceries. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 67% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Custer County has 4 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.6, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Custer County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Custer County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.6%, 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 Custer County compares

The same measures for Idaho and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Convenience stores in Custer County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureCuster CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.69.38.0
Spending per listing$2.6M$6.5M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a10,8033,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.9%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.6%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,349$6,000$6,319
Median household income$67,574$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 convenience stores in Custer 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.

Population and households in Custer County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,636+8.6% since 2020
Households
1,943
Median age
58.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
4,922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$67,574
Average household income
$70,154
Median home value
$381,700
Jobs located here
1,434
Daytime population
4,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Idaho

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The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Custer County marked.

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ada County, ID901437.1$9M+9.6%#39 of 2,261
2Jefferson County, ID8765.9$10.4M+13.6%#70 of 2,261
3Canyon County, ID80718.2$7.2M+18.1%#177 of 2,261
4Bonner County, ID7894.4$13.1M+14.8%#214 of 2,261
5Kootenai County, ID77527.3$8.3M+11.0%#255 of 2,261
6Bonneville County, ID674510.2$5.9M+8.9%#538 of 2,261
7Gem County, ID6479.2$6.3M+13.0%#629 of 2,261
8Bannock County, ID64319.2$6.2M+4.9%#630 of 2,261
9Madison County, ID59107.5$7.4M+4.2%#794 of 2,261
10Idaho County, ID5968.9$6.3M+7.7%#804 of 2,261
Custer County, IDNot scored420.6$2.6M+8.6%

Other business types in Custer 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 convenience stores are in Custer County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 convenience stores in Custer County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Custer County, ID spend on groceries?

About $10.4M a year, or $5,349 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,943 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Custer County, ID compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Custer County has 20.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.6M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Custer County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Custer County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Custer County at 4,636 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,943 households. The median household income in Custer County is $67,574 a year, 16% 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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