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Gas stations in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area
How the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #94 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 92
- 80 chain locations (87%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $215.8M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.9
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,864
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 92 gas stations in the Coeur d’Alene metro area. Chain locations make up 87% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 12.9 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area spend about $215.8M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,033 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each station on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 62 businesses with payroll in the Coeur d’Alene metro area classed as gasoline stations, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,148 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $8.4M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Coeur d’Alene metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Coeur d’Alene metro area grew 11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, the Coeur d’Alene metro area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #94 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Coeur d’Alene metro area compares
The same measures for Idaho and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Coeur d’Alene metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.9 | 14.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,148 | 1,104 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −2.4% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,033 | $3,067 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $81,861 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 620.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 553
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $8.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Coeur d’Alene metro 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.
Population and households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,864+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,172
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,508
- Median home value
- $518,700
- Jobs located here
- 71,721
- Daytime population
- 176,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for gas stations, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Coeur d’Alene metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan, UT-ID | 90 | 45 | 9.1 | $3.6M | +8.8% | #3 of 387 |
| 1Boise City, ID | 89 | 251 | 8.3 | $3.6M | +12.2% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Lewiston, ID-WA | 68 | 31 | 11.6 | $2.6M | +1.5% | #80 of 387 |
| 3Coeur d’Alene, ID | 66 | 92 | 12.9 | $2.3M | +11.0% | #94 of 387 |
| 4Idaho Falls, ID | 52 | 99 | 17.9 | $1.8M | +9.8% | #186 of 387 |
| 5Pocatello, ID | 48 | 50 | 14.9 | $2M | +4.9% | #212 of 387 |
| 6Twin Falls, ID | 47 | 74 | 17.2 | $1.8M | +8.1% | #219 of 387 |
Other business types in the Coeur d’Alene metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area?
There are 92 gas stations on map listings in the Coeur d’Alene metro area as of September 2026. 80 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $215.8M a year, or $3,033 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,172 households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Coeur d’Alene metro area has 12.9 gas stations per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Coeur d’Alene metro area would have about 91, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,148 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Coeur d’Alene metro area at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in the Coeur d’Alene metro area is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% 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. The Coeur d’Alene metro area scores 66 for gas stations (upper middle), #94 of 387 scored metro areas.
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