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Sit-down restaurants in Bingham County, ID
The sit-down restaurants in Bingham County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #97 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 63
- 27 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.9M
- On food away from home · $3,778 a household
- Spending per listing
- $967K
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.1
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,153
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Bingham County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #97 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 30 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 sit-down restaurants in Bingham County. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 39.1 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Bingham County spend about $60.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,778 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 63 sit-down restaurants, that is $967K per restaurant, 46% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Bingham County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,008 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show Bingham County grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bingham 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Bingham County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.1 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $967K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,008 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,778 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,878 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 286
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6327 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The 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 full-service restaurants in Bingham 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 Bingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,153+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,132
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $77,878+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,279
- Median home value
- $293,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,423
- Daytime population
- 43,536Residents 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 | 94 | 28 | 27.5 | $1.4M | +13.6% | #8 of 2,405 |
| 2Franklin County, ID | 90 | 13 | 26.4 | $1.4M | +11.2% | #21 of 2,405 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 85 | 321 | 37.3 | $1M | +18.1% | #66 of 2,405 |
| 4Bingham County, ID | 82 | 63 | 39.1 | $967K | +6.4% | #97 of 2,405 |
| 5Payette County, ID | 81 | 27 | 27.9 | $1.3M | +8.8% | #106 of 2,405 |
| 6Gem County, ID | 75 | 30 | 39.3 | $909K | +13.0% | #250 of 2,405 |
| 7Ada County, ID | 70 | 1,072 | 52.9 | $813K | +9.6% | #387 of 2,405 |
| 8Boundary County, ID | 66 | 19 | 37.7 | $926K | +15.3% | #490 of 2,405 |
| 9Jerome County, ID | 64 | 42 | 50.7 | $719K | +8.6% | #588 of 2,405 |
| 10Nez Perce County, ID | 62 | 71 | 41.1 | $886K | +1.8% | #657 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Bingham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes81
- Sit-down restaurants82
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes75
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Bingham County, ID?
There are 63 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Bingham County as of September 2026. 27 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bingham County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $60.9M a year, or $3,778 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $967K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,132 households in Bingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bingham County, ID compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Bingham County has 39.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $967K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Bingham County would have about 92, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,008 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Bingham County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Bingham County at 51,153 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,132 households. The median household income in Bingham County is $77,878 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.4% 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. Bingham County scores 82 for sit-down restaurants (high), #97 of 2,405 scored counties.
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