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Grocery stores in Latah County, ID

How Latah County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,547 of 2,070 scored counties
#19 of 25 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
18
6 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$92M
On groceries · $5,654 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
63% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,842
+5.6% 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

Households in Latah County spend about $92M a year on groceries, or $5,654 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 18 grocery stores on map listings in Latah County as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 63% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Latah County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,627 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1M has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Latah County.

Population estimates put the population change in Latah County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Latah County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,547 of 2,070 scored counties and #19 of 25 scored counties in Idaho.

How Latah 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 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 stores in Latah County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureLatah CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.15.96.8
Spending per listing$5.1M$10.1M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,6272,5652,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.8%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,654$6,000$6,319
Median household income$65,424$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score3467

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 10
Employees, 2023
472
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
186 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Latah 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 Latah County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,842+5.6% since 2020
Households
16,270
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,080 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$65,424+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,649
Median home value
$368,600
Jobs located here
14,414
Daytime population
38,792Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Idaho

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

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ada County, ID91773.8$16.8M+9.6%#45 of 2,070
2Bonneville County, ID86153.4$17.8M+8.9%#91 of 2,070
3Canyon County, ID86323.7$15.9M+18.1%#98 of 2,070
4Kootenai County, ID78415.8$10.5M+11.0%#236 of 2,070
5Jerome County, ID6856.0$9.7M+8.6%#465 of 2,070
6Bannock County, ID65195.7$10.1M+4.9%#545 of 2,070
7Minidoka County, ID5956.2$9.2M+5.7%#723 of 2,070
8Bonner County, ID58146.9$8.4M+14.8%#759 of 2,070
9Bingham County, ID58138.1$7.4M+6.4%#763 of 2,070
10Twin Falls County, ID54236.6$8.7M+7.9%#887 of 2,070
19Latah County, ID341811.1$5.1M+5.6%#1,547 of 2,070

Other business types in Latah County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Latah County, ID?

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 grocery stores in Latah County. 6 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 Latah County, ID spend on groceries?

About $92M a year, or $5,654 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,270 households in Latah County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Latah County, ID compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Latah County has 11.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.1M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Latah County would have about 10, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,627 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Latah County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Latah County at 41,842 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,270 households. The median household income in Latah County is $65,424 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Latah County scores 34 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,547 of 2,070 scored counties.

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