Food and drink · Small-town market · Idaho
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Mountain Home, ID area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the Mountain Home, ID area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #354 of 537 scored small-town markets
#6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho
- Listings
- 19
- 17 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,478 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,465
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 fast food and sandwich shops in the Mountain Home area. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 89%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Households in the Mountain Home area spend about $38.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,478 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2M per shop, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in the Mountain Home area classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 503 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts also show 7 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%). For fast food and sandwich shops, the Mountain Home area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #354 of 537 scored small-town markets and #6 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 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.
| Measure | Mountain Home area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 503 | 510 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +6.1% |
| 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 | 42 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 455
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1917 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 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 limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
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 fast food and sandwich shops, 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 | 88 | 14 | 8.7 | $4.4M | +6.4% | #7 of 537 |
| 2Sandpoint, ID | 88 | 17 | 8.4 | $4.4M | +14.8% | #8 of 537 |
| Jackson, WY-ID | 84 | 19 | 13.1 | $3.9M | +4.2% | #13 of 537 |
| 3Hailey, ID | 73 | 10 | 7.9 | $5.2M | +6.1% | #65 of 537 |
| Ontario, OR-ID | 60 | 25 | 12.5 | $2.7M | +5.0% | #179 of 537 |
| Brigham City, UT-ID | 57 | 36 | 16.8 | $2.3M | +12.6% | #219 of 537 |
| 4Moscow, ID | 54 | 23 | 14.1 | $2.5M | +5.6% | #243 of 537 |
| 5Burley, ID | 47 | 30 | 18.1 | $2M | +6.2% | #309 of 537 |
| 6Mountain Home, ID | 42 | 19 | 17.2 | $2M | +2.8% | #354 of 537 |
| 7Rexburg, ID | 34 | 34 | 18.9 | $1.8M | +4.5% | #420 of 537 |
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
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Mountain Home, ID area?
The Mountain Home area has 19 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 7 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 19 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. 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 fast food and sandwich shops?
The Mountain Home area has 17.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 13, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 503 households, against one for every 478 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 42 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #354 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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