Food and drink · Metro area · Idaho
Sit-down restaurants in the Twin Falls, ID metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Twin Falls, ID metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #214 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 233
- 84 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- −3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $154.5M
- On food away from home · $3,589 a household
- Spending per listing
- $663K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.1
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 123,901
- +8.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Twin Falls metro area comes to about $154.5M a year: $3,589 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $663K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Twin Falls metro area has 233 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 84 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 54.1 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 79 businesses with payroll in the Twin Falls metro area classed as full-service restaurants, down 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 545 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $410K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Twin Falls metro area.
Population estimates show the Twin Falls metro area grew 8.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Twin Falls metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #214 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.
How the Twin Falls metro 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 | Twin Falls metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.1 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $663K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 545 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.7% | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.1% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,589 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,810 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 79−3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,431
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23384 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 233The 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 the Twin Falls metro 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 Twin Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 123,901+8.1% since 2020
- Households
- 43,031
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $68,810+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,318
- Median home value
- $325,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,549
- Daytime population
- 117,832Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas 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 Twin Falls metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan, UT-ID | 90 | 199 | 40.3 | $976K | +8.8% | #4 of 387 |
| 1Boise City, ID | 84 | 1,458 | 47.9 | $856K | +12.2% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Idaho Falls, ID | 72 | 279 | 50.3 | $774K | +9.8% | #39 of 387 |
| 3Lewiston, ID-WA | 69 | 105 | 39.2 | $939K | +1.5% | #53 of 387 |
| 4Coeur d’Alene, ID | 59 | 383 | 53.8 | $727K | +11.0% | #119 of 387 |
| 5Pocatello, ID | 54 | 167 | 49.7 | $711K | +4.9% | #159 of 387 |
| 6Twin Falls, ID | 47 | 233 | 54.1 | $663K | +8.1% | #214 of 387 |
Other business types in the Twin Falls metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Twin Falls, ID metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 233 sit-down restaurants in the Twin Falls metro area. 84 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.7% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Twin Falls, ID metro area spend on food away from home?
About $154.5M a year, or $3,589 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 233 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $663K 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 43,031 households in the Twin Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Twin Falls, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Twin Falls metro area has 54.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $663K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 545 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Twin Falls, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Twin Falls metro area at 123,901 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,031 households. Median household income in the Twin Falls metro area is $68,810, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. The Twin Falls metro area scores 47 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #214 of 387 scored metro areas.
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