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Grocery and convenience stores in Gem County, ID
The grocery and convenience stores in Gem County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #847 of 2,402 scored counties
#12 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 17
- 7 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44M
- On groceries · $5,751 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,773
- +13.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 grocery and convenience stores in Gem County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 41%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.2, 19% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Gem County comes to about $44M a year: $5,751 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Gem County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gem County grew 13.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Gem County is 59 (upper middle), #847 of 2,402 scored counties and #12 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Gem 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.
| Measure | Gem County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 20.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,073 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,751 | $6,000 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,605 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 56 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 177 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 grocery and convenience stores in Gem 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 Gem County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,773+13.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,643
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 560 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $64,605+42.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,642
- Median home value
- $428,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,657
- Daytime population
- 16,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Gem County?
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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 | 91 | 303 | 15.0 | $4.3M | +9.6% | #43 of 2,402 |
| 2Jefferson County, ID | 89 | 13 | 12.7 | $4.8M | +13.6% | #56 of 2,402 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 83 | 139 | 16.1 | $3.7M | +18.1% | #138 of 2,402 |
| 4Kootenai County, ID | 75 | 127 | 17.8 | $3.4M | +11.0% | #302 of 2,402 |
| 5Bonneville County, ID | 72 | 100 | 22.6 | $2.7M | +8.9% | #399 of 2,402 |
| 6Bannock County, ID | 68 | 56 | 16.7 | $3.4M | +4.9% | #505 of 2,402 |
| 7Bonner County, ID | 65 | 35 | 17.3 | $3.4M | +14.8% | #596 of 2,402 |
| 8Elmore County, ID | 63 | 20 | 18.1 | $3.1M | +2.8% | #673 of 2,402 |
| 9Madison County, ID | 63 | 26 | 19.5 | $2.8M | +4.2% | #683 of 2,402 |
| 10Teton County, ID | 63 | 11 | 23.5 | $2.8M | +12.9% | #687 of 2,402 |
| 12Gem County, ID | 59 | 17 | 22.2 | $2.6M | +13.0% | #847 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Gem County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores64
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Gem County, ID?
There are 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Gem County as of September 2026. 7 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Gem County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gem County, ID spend on groceries?
About $44M a year, or $5,751 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,643 households in Gem County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gem County, ID compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Gem County has 22.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Gem County would have about 13, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is Gem County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Gem County at 21,773 people in 2025, up 13.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,643 households. Median household income in Gem County is $64,605, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.0%, 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. Gem County scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #847 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 Gem County
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