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Grocery and convenience stores in Valley County, ID
The grocery and convenience stores in Valley County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,803 of 2,402 scored counties
#25 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 17
- 5 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26M
- On groceries · $6,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.4
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,831
- +8.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Valley County is 35 (lower middle), #1,803 of 2,402 scored counties and #25 of 30 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 grocery and convenience stores in Valley County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 39.4 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Valley County comes to about $26M a year: $6,031 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.5M per store, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Valley County in 2023. That is one for every 617 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Valley County grew 8.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Valley 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 | Valley County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.4 | 20.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 617 | 2,073 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,031 | $6,000 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,078 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 188
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 175 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 Valley 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 Valley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,831+8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,318
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $76,078+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,435
- Median home value
- $657,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,447
- Daytime population
- 12,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 25Valley County, ID | 35 | 17 | 39.4 | $1.5M | +8.4% | #1,803 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Valley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores33
- Convenience stores48
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 Valley County, ID?
There are 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Valley County as of September 2026. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Valley County, ID spend on groceries?
About $26M a year, or $6,031 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,318 households in Valley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Valley County, ID compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Valley County has 39.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Valley County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 617 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Valley County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Valley County at 12,831 people in 2025, up 8.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,318 households. Median household income in Valley County is $76,078, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Valley County scores 35 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,803 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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