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Restaurants and cafes in Jerome County, ID
The restaurants and cafes in Jerome County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #622 of 2,405 scored counties
#8 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 84
- 29 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −13.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $30.2M
- On food away from home · $3,651 a household
- Spending per listing
- $360K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,362
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 restaurants and cafes in Jerome County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 101.5 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Jerome County comes to about $30.2M a year: $3,651 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $360K per restaurant, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Jerome County was 25 in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 331 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jerome County grew 8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Jerome County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #622 of 2,405 scored counties and #8 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Jerome 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 | Jerome County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.5 | 105.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $360K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 331 | 214 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.8% | +13.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,651 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,724 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 25−13.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 372
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8429 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 82The 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 Jerome 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 Jerome County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,362+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,277
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $71,724+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,909
- Median home value
- $271,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,794
- Daytime population
- 24,795Residents 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 |
Other business types in Jerome County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes55
- Bakeries and dessert shops42
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Jerome County, ID?
There are 84 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Jerome County as of September 2026. 29 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Jerome County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $30.2M a year, or $3,651 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $360K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,277 households in Jerome County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jerome County, ID compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Jerome County has 101.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $360K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Jerome County would have about 82, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 331 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Jerome County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Jerome County at 26,362 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,277 households. The median household income in Jerome County is $71,724 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. Jerome County scores 64 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #622 of 2,405 scored counties.
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