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Sit-down restaurants in Gooding County, ID
How Gooding County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #864 of 2,405 scored counties
#14 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 24
- 3 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.8M
- On food away from home · $3,297 a household
- Spending per listing
- $783K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.1
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,446
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,297 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Gooding County spend about $18.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 24 sit-down restaurants, that is $783K per restaurant, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Gooding County has 24 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 13%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 42.1 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Gooding County in 2023. That is one for every 634 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Gooding County grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gooding County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #864 of 2,405 scored counties and #14 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Gooding 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 | Gooding County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.1 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $783K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 634 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,297 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,559 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $980K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Gooding 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 Gooding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,446+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,702
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 729 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,559+34.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,308
- Median home value
- $250,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,580
- Daytime population
- 15,458Residents 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 |
| 14Gooding County, ID | 57 | 24 | 42.1 | $783K | +5.1% | #864 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Gooding County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes58
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Gooding County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 sit-down restaurants in Gooding County. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Gooding County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $18.8M a year, or $3,297 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $783K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,702 households in Gooding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gooding County, ID compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Gooding County has 42.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $783K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Gooding County would have about 28, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 634 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Gooding County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Gooding County at 16,446 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,702 households. Median household income in Gooding County is $63,559, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.7%, 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. Gooding County scores 57 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #864 of 2,405 scored counties.
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