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Grocery and convenience stores in Boundary County, ID

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,346 of 2,402 scored counties
#20 of 30 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
16
8 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.5M
On groceries · $5,651 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.7
70% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,997
+15.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 grocery and convenience stores in Boundary County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.7, 70% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Boundary County comes to about $28.5M a year: $5,651 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Boundary County in 2023. That is one for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Boundary County from 2020 to 2025 at +15.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Boundary County is 47 (lower middle), #1,346 of 2,402 scored counties and #20 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.

How Boundary 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 grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Boundary County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBoundary CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.720.718.7
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,6822,0731,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.3%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,651$6,000$6,319
Median household income$67,237$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score4756

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
181
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
168 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Boundary 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 Boundary County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,997+15.3% since 2020
Households
5,046
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
1,269 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$67,237+54.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,317
Median home value
$410,500
Jobs located here
3,743
Daytime population
12,503Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Idaho

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

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ada County, ID9130315.0$4.3M+9.6%#43 of 2,402
2Jefferson County, ID891312.7$4.8M+13.6%#56 of 2,402
3Canyon County, ID8313916.1$3.7M+18.1%#138 of 2,402
4Kootenai County, ID7512717.8$3.4M+11.0%#302 of 2,402
5Bonneville County, ID7210022.6$2.7M+8.9%#399 of 2,402
6Bannock County, ID685616.7$3.4M+4.9%#505 of 2,402
7Bonner County, ID653517.3$3.4M+14.8%#596 of 2,402
8Elmore County, ID632018.1$3.1M+2.8%#673 of 2,402
9Madison County, ID632619.5$2.8M+4.2%#683 of 2,402
10Teton County, ID631123.5$2.8M+12.9%#687 of 2,402
20Boundary County, ID471631.7$1.8M+15.3%#1,346 of 2,402

Other business types in Boundary County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Boundary County, ID?

Boundary County has 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $28.5M a year, or $5,651 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,046 households in Boundary County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Boundary County, ID compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Boundary County has 31.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 70% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Boundary County would have about 8, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Boundary County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Boundary County at 13,997 people in 2025, up 15.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,046 households. Median household income in Boundary County is $67,237, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 54.8%, 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. Boundary County scores 47 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,346 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Boundary County

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