Food and drink · County · South Dakota
Coffee shops and cafes in Brookings County, SD
How Brookings County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,024 of 2,063 scored counties
#8 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 24
- 12 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $51.8M
- On food away from home · $3,756 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.4
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,635
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,756 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Brookings County spend about $51.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.2M per cafe, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 24 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Brookings County as of September 2026. 12 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.4, 58% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Brookings County in 2023. That is one for every 2,300 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $954K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Brookings County.
Population estimates show Brookings County grew 9.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Brookings County is 50 (upper middle), #1,024 of 2,063 scored counties and #8 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Brookings County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Brookings County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.4 | 12.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,300 | 1,379 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +44.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,756 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,064 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $954K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Brookings 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 Brookings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,635+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,798
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 792 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,400
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,000
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Brookings County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Meade County, SD | 67 | 9 | 7.5 | $5.2M | +2.7% | #382 of 2,063 |
| 2Codington County, SD | 57 | 10 | 8.0 | $4.6M | +4.3% | #726 of 2,063 |
| 3Lincoln County, SD | 57 | 35 | 12.6 | $3.6M | +17.5% | #746 of 2,063 |
| 4Brown County, SD | 54 | 13 | 8.0 | $4.7M | −1.7% | #843 of 2,063 |
| 5Minnehaha County, SD | 53 | 96 | 11.3 | $3.5M | +7.6% | #905 of 2,063 |
| 6Yankton County, SD | 50 | 10 | 10.3 | $3.6M | +1.5% | #1,007 of 2,063 |
| 7Union County, SD | 50 | 11 | 15.0 | $2.9M | +3.3% | #1,021 of 2,063 |
| 8Brookings County, SD | 50 | 24 | 17.4 | $2.2M | +9.6% | #1,024 of 2,063 |
| 9Butte County, SD | 42 | 5 | 11.6 | $3.3M | +5.5% | #1,318 of 2,063 |
| 10Hughes County, SD | 41 | 9 | 12.4 | $3.2M | −0.9% | #1,347 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Brookings County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops78
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Brookings County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 coffee shops and cafes in Brookings County. 12 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in Brookings County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $51.8M a year, or $3,756 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 13,798 households in Brookings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brookings County, SD compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Brookings County has 17.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.2M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Brookings County would have about 14, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,300 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Brookings County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brookings County at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in Brookings County is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Brookings County scores 50 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #1,024 of 2,063 scored counties.
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