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Fast food and sandwich shops in Gooding County, ID

How Gooding County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #968 of 2,222 scored counties
#12 of 22 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
8
8 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
6
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$18.8M
On food away from home · $3,297 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,446
+5.1% 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 $3,297 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Gooding County spend about $18.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 8 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.3M per shop, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Gooding County has 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 14.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Gooding County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 950 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gooding County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gooding County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #968 of 2,222 scored counties and #12 of 22 scored counties in Idaho.

How Gooding 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 fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Gooding County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureGooding CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.013.413.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)950510478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,297$3,857$4,070
Median household income$63,559$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score5557

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
162
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
88 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 limited-service restaurants in Gooding 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 limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Gooding County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,446+5.1% since 2020
Households
5,702
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
729 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$63,559+34.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,308
Median home value
$250,900
Jobs located here
6,580
Daytime population
15,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Idaho

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The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Gooding County marked.

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, ID8598.8$4.5M+13.6%#58 of 2,222
2Payette County, ID8366.2$5.7M+8.8%#84 of 2,222
3Bingham County, ID80148.7$4.4M+6.4%#126 of 2,222
4Bonner County, ID80178.4$4.4M+14.8%#127 of 2,222
5Canyon County, ID6910612.3$3M+18.1%#413 of 2,222
6Blaine County, ID6798.6$4.9M+4.8%#456 of 2,222
7Gem County, ID67911.8$3M+13.0%#489 of 2,222
8Franklin County, ID66510.1$3.8M+11.2%#508 of 2,222
9Kootenai County, ID659112.8$3.1M+11.0%#556 of 2,222
10Ada County, ID6129914.8$2.9M+9.6%#712 of 2,222
12Gooding County, ID55814.0$2.3M+5.1%#968 of 2,222

Other business types in Gooding County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Gooding County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 fast food and sandwich shops in Gooding County. 8 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.

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

About $18.8M a year, or $3,297 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,702 households in Gooding County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gooding County, ID compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Gooding County has 14.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Gooding County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 950 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Gooding County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Gooding County at 16,446 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,702 households. Median household income in Gooding County is $63,559, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.7%, 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. Gooding County scores 55 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #968 of 2,222 scored counties.

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