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Sit-down restaurants in Madison County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Madison County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,339 of 2,405 scored counties
#23 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 88
- 31 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45.1M
- On food away from home · $3,382 a household
- Spending per listing
- $512K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 66.0
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,172
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,382 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Madison County spend about $45.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $512K per restaurant, 23% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Madison County has 88 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 31 are chain locations, or 35%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 66.0 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Madison County in 2023. That is one for every 888 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $373K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Madison County.
Population estimates put the population change in Madison County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Madison County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,339 of 2,405 scored counties and #23 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Madison 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 | Madison County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 66.0 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $512K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 888 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,382 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,160 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 366
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8831 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $373K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,172+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,326
- Median age
- 24.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 40%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 469 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $60,160+53.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,919
- Median home value
- $414,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,988
- Daytime population
- 53,310Residents 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 |
| 23Madison County, ID | 47 | 88 | 66.0 | $512K | +4.2% | #1,339 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Madison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes30
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops24
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops23
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Madison County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 88 sit-down restaurants in Madison County. 31 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Madison County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $45.1M a year, or $3,382 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $512K 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 13,326 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, ID compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Madison County has 66.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $512K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Madison County would have about 68, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 888 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 55,172 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,326 households. Median household income in Madison County is $60,160, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.6%, 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. Madison County scores 47 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,339 of 2,405 scored counties.
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