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Restaurants and cafes in Valley County, ID
The restaurants and cafes in Valley County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,934 of 2,405 scored counties
#28 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 122
- 16 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- +16.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On food away from home · $3,900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $138K
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 282.5
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,831
- +8.4% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Valley County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,934 of 2,405 scored counties and #28 of 30 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Valley County spend about $16.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,900 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 122 restaurants and cafes, that is $138K per restaurant, 63% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 122 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Valley County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 282.5, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Valley County in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 86 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $785K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Valley County. Population estimates put the population change in Valley County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Valley 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 | Valley County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 282.5 | 105.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $138K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 86 | 214 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.3% | +13.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,900 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,078 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 50+16.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 542
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $785K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Valley 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 Valley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,831+8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,318
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $76,078+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,435
- Median home value
- $657,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,447
- Daytime population
- 12,836Residents 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 |
| 28Valley County, ID | 33 | 122 | 282.5 | $138K | +8.4% | #1,934 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Valley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops33
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Valley County, ID?
As of September 2026, map listings count 122 restaurants and cafes in Valley County. 16 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Valley County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $16.8M a year, or $3,900 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $138K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,318 households in Valley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Valley County, ID compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Valley County has 282.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $138K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Valley County would have about 45, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 86 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Valley County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Valley County at 12,831 people in 2025, up 8.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,318 households. Median household income in Valley County is $76,078, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Valley County scores 33 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,934 of 2,405 scored counties.
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