Groceries and convenience · County · Idaho
Convenience stores in Payette County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Payette County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,103 of 2,261 scored counties
#16 of 27 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 12
- 9 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $55.4M
- On groceries · $5,718 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,824
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Payette County spend about $55.4M a year on groceries, or $5,718 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 12 convenience stores on map listings in Payette County as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 75%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Payette County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Payette County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Payette County grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Payette County is 51 (upper middle), #1,103 of 2,261 scored counties and #16 of 27 scored counties in Idaho.
How Payette 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.
| Measure | Payette County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 9.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6.5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,803 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,718 | $6,000 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,673 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 58 |
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
- 129 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
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Payette 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 Payette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,824+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,692
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $67,673+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,851
- Median home value
- $341,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,210
- Daytime population
- 22,355Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ada County, ID | 90 | 143 | 7.1 | $9M | +9.6% | #39 of 2,261 |
| 2Jefferson County, ID | 87 | 6 | 5.9 | $10.4M | +13.6% | #70 of 2,261 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 80 | 71 | 8.2 | $7.2M | +18.1% | #177 of 2,261 |
| 4Bonner County, ID | 78 | 9 | 4.4 | $13.1M | +14.8% | #214 of 2,261 |
| 5Kootenai County, ID | 77 | 52 | 7.3 | $8.3M | +11.0% | #255 of 2,261 |
| 6Bonneville County, ID | 67 | 45 | 10.2 | $5.9M | +8.9% | #538 of 2,261 |
| 7Gem County, ID | 64 | 7 | 9.2 | $6.3M | +13.0% | #629 of 2,261 |
| 8Bannock County, ID | 64 | 31 | 9.2 | $6.2M | +4.9% | #630 of 2,261 |
| 9Madison County, ID | 59 | 10 | 7.5 | $7.4M | +4.2% | #794 of 2,261 |
| 10Idaho County, ID | 59 | 6 | 8.9 | $6.3M | +7.7% | #804 of 2,261 |
| 16Payette County, ID | 51 | 12 | 12.4 | $4.6M | +8.8% | #1,103 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Payette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores51
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Payette County, ID?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 convenience stores in Payette County. 9 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Payette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Payette County, ID spend on groceries?
About $55.4M a year, or $5,718 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 9,692 households in Payette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Payette County, ID compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Payette County has 12.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.6M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Payette County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Payette County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Payette County at 27,824 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,692 households. The median household income in Payette County is $67,673 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. 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. Payette County scores 51 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,103 of 2,261 scored counties.
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