Food and drink · Small-town market · Idaho
Sit-down restaurants in the Burley, ID area
The sit-down restaurants in the Burley, ID area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #169 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho
- Listings
- 96
- 26 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- −13.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.8M
- On food away from home · $3,540 a household
- Spending per listing
- $612K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.8
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,308
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 96 sit-down restaurants in the Burley area. 26 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 57.8, 6% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Burley area comes to about $58.8M a year: $3,540 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $612K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 8% below 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.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Burley area in 2023, down 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 639 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $916K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Burley area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Burley area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Burley area is 60 (upper middle), #169 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho.
How the Burley area 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 | Burley area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.8 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $612K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 639 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.3% | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,540 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,536 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26−13.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 318
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9626 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 89The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $916K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Burley area, 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 the Burley area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,308+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 16,602
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,323 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $70,536+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,920
- Median home value
- $272,800
- Jobs located here
- 21,674
- Daytime population
- 47,869Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Burley area marked.
Top small-town markets in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham City, UT-ID | 96 | 75 | 34.9 | $1.1M | +12.6% | #1 of 538 |
| 1Blackfoot, ID | 92 | 63 | 39.1 | $967K | +6.4% | #2 of 538 |
| 2Mountain Home, ID | 71 | 43 | 38.9 | $895K | +2.8% | #67 of 538 |
| 3Moscow, ID | 64 | 76 | 46.7 | $748K | +5.6% | #124 of 538 |
| 4Burley, ID | 60 | 96 | 57.8 | $612K | +6.2% | #169 of 538 |
| 5Sandpoint, ID | 58 | 103 | 50.8 | $718K | +14.8% | #187 of 538 |
| Ontario, OR-ID | 47 | 101 | 50.5 | $662K | +5.0% | #303 of 538 |
| 6Rexburg, ID | 46 | 119 | 66.2 | $519K | +4.5% | #319 of 538 |
| Jackson, WY-ID | 39 | 169 | 116.5 | $434K | +4.2% | #392 of 538 |
| 7Hailey, ID | 39 | 125 | 99.0 | $417K | +6.1% | #393 of 538 |
Other business types in the Burley area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Burley, ID area?
There are 96 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Burley area as of September 2026. 26 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 13.3% from 2019. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Burley, ID area spend on food away from home?
About $58.8M a year, or $3,540 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 96 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $612K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,602 households in the Burley area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Burley, ID area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Burley area has 57.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $612K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Burley area would have about 89, against 96 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 639 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Burley, ID area growing?
Population estimates put the Burley area at 49,308 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,602 households. The median household income in the Burley area is $70,536 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Burley area scores 60 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #169 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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