Food and drink · County · Idaho
Restaurants and cafes in Twin Falls County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Twin Falls County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,665 of 2,405 scored counties
#22 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 383
- 165 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 193
- +19.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.2M
- On food away from home · $3,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $324K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 110.2
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,539
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Twin Falls County spend about $124.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,575 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $324K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Twin Falls County has 383 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 165 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 110.2 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Twin Falls County was 193 in 2023, up 19.9% from 2019. That is one for every 180 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Twin Falls County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Twin Falls County grew 7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Twin Falls County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,665 of 2,405 scored counties and #22 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Twin Falls 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 | Twin Falls County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 110.2 | 105.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $324K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 180 | 214 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.9% | +13.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,575 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,409 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 161 → 193+19.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,860
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $72M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 383165 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 335The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Twin Falls 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 Twin Falls County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,539+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 34,754
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,922 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $67,409+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,415
- Median home value
- $337,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,755
- Daytime population
- 93,037Residents 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 |
| 22Twin Falls County, ID | 39 | 383 | 110.2 | $324K | +7.9% | #1,665 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Twin Falls County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops34
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Twin Falls County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 383 restaurants and cafes in Twin Falls County. 165 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 193 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 19.9% from 2019. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Twin Falls County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $124.2M a year, or $3,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 383 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $324K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,754 households in Twin Falls County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Twin Falls County, ID compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Twin Falls County has 110.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $324K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Twin Falls County would have about 335, against 383 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 180 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Twin Falls County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Twin Falls County at 97,539 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,754 households. Median household income in Twin Falls County is $67,409, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Twin Falls County scores 39 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,665 of 2,405 scored counties.
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