Groceries and convenience · County · Idaho
Grocery stores in Nez Perce County, ID
How Nez Perce 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,398 of 2,070 scored counties
#15 of 25 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 15
- 6 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.9M
- On groceries · $5,787 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,905
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 grocery stores in Nez Perce County. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,787 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Nez Perce County spend about $99.9M a year on groceries. That is about $6.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 28% 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 Nez Perce County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,919 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $118K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery 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%). For grocery stores, Nez Perce County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,398 of 2,070 scored counties and #15 of 25 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 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 | Nez Perce County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $10.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,919 | 2,565 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | 0.0% |
| 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 score | 39 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 358
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 156 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 supermarkets and grocery 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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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Nez Perce County marked.
Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ada County, ID | 91 | 77 | 3.8 | $16.8M | +9.6% | #45 of 2,070 |
| 2Bonneville County, ID | 86 | 15 | 3.4 | $17.8M | +8.9% | #91 of 2,070 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 86 | 32 | 3.7 | $15.9M | +18.1% | #98 of 2,070 |
| 4Kootenai County, ID | 78 | 41 | 5.8 | $10.5M | +11.0% | #236 of 2,070 |
| 5Jerome County, ID | 68 | 5 | 6.0 | $9.7M | +8.6% | #465 of 2,070 |
| 6Bannock County, ID | 65 | 19 | 5.7 | $10.1M | +4.9% | #545 of 2,070 |
| 7Minidoka County, ID | 59 | 5 | 6.2 | $9.2M | +5.7% | #723 of 2,070 |
| 8Bonner County, ID | 58 | 14 | 6.9 | $8.4M | +14.8% | #759 of 2,070 |
| 9Bingham County, ID | 58 | 13 | 8.1 | $7.4M | +6.4% | #763 of 2,070 |
| 10Twin Falls County, ID | 54 | 23 | 6.6 | $8.7M | +7.9% | #887 of 2,070 |
| 15Nez Perce County, ID | 39 | 15 | 8.7 | $6.7M | +1.8% | #1,398 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Nez Perce County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores39
- Convenience stores56
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 Nez Perce County, ID?
There are 15 grocery stores on map listings in Nez Perce County as of September 2026. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
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 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. 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 stores?
Nez Perce County has 8.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Nez Perce County would have about 11, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,919 households, against one for every 2,053 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 39 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,398 of 2,070 scored counties.
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