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Grocery and convenience stores in Nez Perce County, ID

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,032 of 2,402 scored counties
#16 of 30 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
36
16 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$99.9M
On groceries · $5,787 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.8
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,905
+1.8% 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 36 grocery and convenience stores in Nez Perce County. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Nez Perce County spend about $99.9M a year on groceries, or $5,787 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 36 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.8M per store, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Nez Perce County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,727 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $118K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Nez Perce County.

Population estimates put the population change in Nez Perce County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Nez Perce County is 54 (upper middle), #1,032 of 2,402 scored counties and #16 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.

How Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureNez Perce CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.820.718.7
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,7272,0731,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,787$6,000$6,319
Median household income$72,599$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score5456

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 10
Employees, 2023
361
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3616 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$118K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,905+1.8% since 2020
Households
17,270
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
848 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$72,599+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,379
Median home value
$334,700
Jobs located here
21,904
Daytime population
44,762Residents 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 Nez Perce 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
16Nez Perce County, ID543620.8$2.8M+1.8%#1,032 of 2,402

Other business types in Nez Perce County

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

Questions

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

Nez Perce County has 36 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $99.9M a year, or $5,787 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,270 households in Nez Perce County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Nez Perce County has 20.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Nez Perce County would have about 30, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,727 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Nez Perce County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Nez Perce County at 42,905 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,270 households. Median household income in Nez Perce County is $72,599, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Nez Perce County scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,032 of 2,402 scored counties.

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