Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Idaho
Grocery stores in the Hailey, ID area
How the Hailey, ID area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #341 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $78.8M
- On groceries · $6,238 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 75% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,436
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery stores in the Hailey area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 11.9 per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in the Hailey area comes to about $78.8M a year: $6,238 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $5.3M per store, 43% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Hailey area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,263 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Hailey area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Hailey area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #341 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho.
How the Hailey area 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 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 | Hailey area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $10.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,263 | 2,565 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,238 | $6,000 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $88,522 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 475
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 155 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in the Hailey 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 Hailey area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,436+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,631
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 4,913 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $88,522
- Average household income
- $125,863
- Median home value
- $607,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,655
- Daytime population
- 34,021Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hailey area marked.
Top small-town markets in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham City, UT-ID | 92 | 9 | 4.2 | $14.5M | +12.6% | #4 of 506 |
| 1Blackfoot, ID | 63 | 13 | 8.1 | $7.4M | +6.4% | #128 of 506 |
| 2Sandpoint, ID | 62 | 14 | 6.9 | $8.4M | +14.8% | #135 of 506 |
| 3Rexburg, ID | 62 | 14 | 7.8 | $7.2M | +4.5% | #137 of 506 |
| 4Mountain Home, ID | 57 | 7 | 6.3 | $9M | +2.8% | #192 of 506 |
| 5Burley, ID | 57 | 16 | 9.6 | $5.9M | +6.2% | #199 of 506 |
| Jackson, WY-ID | 49 | 15 | 10.3 | $6.8M | +4.2% | #277 of 506 |
| 6Hailey, ID | 42 | 15 | 11.9 | $5.3M | +6.1% | #341 of 506 |
| 7Moscow, ID | 35 | 18 | 11.1 | $5.1M | +5.6% | #397 of 506 |
| Ontario, OR-ID | 31 | 21 | 10.5 | $5.3M | +5.0% | #420 of 506 |
Other business types in the Hailey area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores46
- Grocery stores42
- Convenience stores60
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 stores are in the Hailey, ID area?
The Hailey area has 15 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Hailey, ID area spend on groceries?
About $78.8M a year, or $6,238 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,631 households in the Hailey area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hailey, ID area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Hailey area has 11.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.3M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Hailey area would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,263 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hailey, ID area growing?
Population estimates put the Hailey area at 32,436 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,631 households. Median household income in the Hailey area is $88,522, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Hailey area scores 42 for grocery stores (lower middle), #341 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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