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Coffee shops and cafes in Benson County, ND
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Benson County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7M
- On food away from home · $3,439 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,759
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,439 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Benson County spend about $7M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Benson County has 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.8, 35% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Benson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Benson County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Benson County compares
The same measures for North Dakota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes 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 | Benson County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 14.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,409 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +48.7% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,439 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,033 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Benson 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in Benson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,759−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 2,025
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,389 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $64,033
- Average household income
- $81,345
- Median home value
- $90,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,918
- Daytime population
- 5,784Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McKenzie County, ND | 58 | 8 | 13.3 | $3.5M | +2.8% | #706 of 2,063 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 56 | 14 | 10.0 | $4M | +3.8% | #780 of 2,063 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 48 | 115 | 13.7 | $2.9M | +9.1% | #1,117 of 2,063 |
| 4Richland County, ND | 46 | 8 | 11.7 | $3.3M | +1.2% | #1,181 of 2,063 |
| 5Stutsman County, ND | 44 | 10 | 10.6 | $3.4M | −0.6% | #1,250 of 2,063 |
| 6Burleigh County, ND | 43 | 63 | 15.3 | $2.8M | +4.7% | #1,291 of 2,063 |
| 7Ramsey County, ND | 42 | 5 | 9.2 | $3.8M | −0.4% | #1,304 of 2,063 |
| 8Ward County, ND | 39 | 30 | 10.5 | $3.8M | −2.4% | #1,421 of 2,063 |
| 9Grand Forks County, ND | 36 | 41 | 13.1 | $2.8M | +1.9% | #1,561 of 2,063 |
| 10Williams County, ND | 30 | 31 | 20.5 | $2.1M | +1.4% | #1,761 of 2,063 |
| Benson County, ND | Not scored | 3 | 14.8 | $2.3M | −3.0% |
Other business types in Benson County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Benson County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 coffee shops and cafes in Benson County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Benson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Benson County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $7M a year, or $3,439 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,025 households in Benson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benson County, ND compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Benson County has 14.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.3M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Benson County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Benson County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Benson County at 5,759 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,025 households. Median household income in Benson County is $64,033, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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