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Restaurants and cafes in Gooding County, ID
How Gooding County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #851 of 2,405 scored counties
#11 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 50
- 12 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.8M
- On food away from home · $3,297 a household
- Spending per listing
- $376K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.7
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,446
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Gooding County comes to about $18.8M a year: $3,297 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $376K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K.
Gooding County has 50 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 24%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 87.7 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Gooding County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 335 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Gooding County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gooding County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #851 of 2,405 scored counties and #11 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Gooding County compares
The same measures for Idaho and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | Gooding County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.7 | 105.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $376K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 335 | 214 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,297 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,559 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 248
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5012 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Gooding 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 Gooding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,446+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,702
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 729 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,559+34.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,308
- Median home value
- $250,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,580
- Daytime population
- 15,458Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, ID | 89 | 63 | 61.8 | $640K | +13.6% | #31 of 2,405 |
| 2Franklin County, ID | 85 | 25 | 50.7 | $754K | +11.2% | #58 of 2,405 |
| 3Bingham County, ID | 81 | 115 | 71.3 | $530K | +6.4% | #123 of 2,405 |
| 4Payette County, ID | 79 | 59 | 60.9 | $578K | +8.8% | #149 of 2,405 |
| 5Canyon County, ID | 78 | 669 | 77.7 | $481K | +18.1% | #182 of 2,405 |
| 6Gem County, ID | 76 | 57 | 74.6 | $478K | +13.0% | #224 of 2,405 |
| 7Boundary County, ID | 66 | 46 | 91.2 | $382K | +15.3% | #528 of 2,405 |
| 8Jerome County, ID | 64 | 84 | 101.5 | $360K | +8.6% | #622 of 2,405 |
| 9Minidoka County, ID | 61 | 81 | 99.9 | $352K | +5.7% | #737 of 2,405 |
| 10Ada County, ID | 60 | 2,195 | 108.4 | $397K | +9.6% | #771 of 2,405 |
| 11Gooding County, ID | 58 | 50 | 87.7 | $376K | +5.1% | #851 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Gooding County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes58
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Gooding County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 restaurants and cafes in Gooding County. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gooding County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $18.8M a year, or $3,297 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $376K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,702 households in Gooding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gooding County, ID compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Gooding County has 87.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $376K, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Gooding County would have about 51, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 335 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Gooding County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Gooding County at 16,446 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,702 households. Median household income in Gooding County is $63,559, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.7%, 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. Gooding County scores 58 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #851 of 2,405 scored counties.
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