Food and drink · County · Idaho
Sit-down restaurants in Valley County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Valley County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,946 of 2,405 scored counties
#29 of 30 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 64
- 8 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- −7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On food away from home · $3,900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $263K
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 148.2
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,831
- +8.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Valley County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,946 of 2,405 scored counties and #29 of 30 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,900 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Valley County spend about $16.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $263K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 60% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 64 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Valley County as of September 2026. 8 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 148.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in Valley County classed as full-service restaurants, down 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 166 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $315K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Valley County. Population estimates put the population change in Valley County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Valley 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 | Valley County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 148.2 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $263K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 166 | 550 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.1% | −2.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,900 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,078 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 26−7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 315
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 648 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $315K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Valley 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 Valley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,831+8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,318
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $76,078+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,435
- Median home value
- $657,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,447
- Daytime population
- 12,836Residents 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 Valley 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 |
| 29Valley County, ID | 33 | 64 | 148.2 | $263K | +8.4% | #1,946 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Valley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops33
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Valley County, ID?
As of September 2026, map listings count 64 sit-down restaurants in Valley County. 8 of them (13%) 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 7.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Valley County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $16.8M a year, or $3,900 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $263K 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 4,318 households in Valley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Valley County, ID compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Valley County has 148.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $263K, 60% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Valley County would have about 25, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 166 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Valley County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Valley County at 12,831 people in 2025, up 8.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,318 households. Median household income in Valley County is $76,078, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Valley County scores 33 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,946 of 2,405 scored counties.
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