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Sit-down restaurants in Twin Falls County, ID
How Twin Falls 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,238 of 2,405 scored counties
#21 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 191
- 71 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 67
- +1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.2M
- On food away from home · $3,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $650K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.0
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,539
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Twin Falls County spend about $124.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,575 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 191 sit-down restaurants, that is $650K per restaurant, 2% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Twin Falls County has 191 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 71 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 55.0, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Twin Falls County was 67 in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 519 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $410K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Twin Falls County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Twin Falls County grew 7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Twin Falls County is 49 (lower middle), #1,238 of 2,405 scored counties and #21 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Twin Falls 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 | Twin Falls County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.0 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $650K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 519 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.5% | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,575 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,409 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66 → 67+1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,302
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19171 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 187The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Twin Falls 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 Twin Falls County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,539+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 34,754
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,922 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $67,409+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,415
- Median home value
- $337,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,755
- Daytime population
- 93,037Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Twin Falls County marked.
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 |
| 21Twin Falls County, ID | 49 | 191 | 55.0 | $650K | +7.9% | #1,238 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Twin Falls County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops34
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Twin Falls County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 191 sit-down restaurants in Twin Falls County. 71 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Twin Falls County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $124.2M a year, or $3,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 191 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $650K 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 34,754 households in Twin Falls County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Twin Falls County, ID compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Twin Falls County has 55.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $650K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Twin Falls County would have about 187, against 191 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 519 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Twin Falls County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Twin Falls County at 97,539 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,754 households. Median household income in Twin Falls County is $67,409, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Twin Falls County scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,238 of 2,405 scored counties.
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