Food and drink · Small-town market · Minnesota
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Red Wing, MN area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the Red Wing, MN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #23 of 537 scored small-town markets
#4 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 19
- 15 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.3M
- On food away from home · $4,021 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,195
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Red Wing area scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #23 of 537 scored small-town markets and #4 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for fast food and sandwich shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 fast food and sandwich shops in the Red Wing area. 15 of them (79%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $4,021 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Red Wing area spend about $79.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 19 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $4.2M per shop, 37% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Red Wing area in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 616 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $130K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Red Wing area. Population estimates show the Red Wing area grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Red Wing area compares
The same measures for Minnesota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Red Wing area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 10.5 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 616 | 600 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | +1.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,021 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,171 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 650
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $130K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Red Wing 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in the Red Wing area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,195+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 757 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $84,171+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,161
- Median home value
- $285,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,843
- Daytime population
- 42,664Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Red Wing area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Detroit Lakes, MN | 86 | 10 | 6.9 | $5.5M | +0.9% | #9 of 537 |
| 2Brainerd, MN | 85 | 43 | 10.2 | $3.7M | +4.3% | #11 of 537 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 83 | 9 | 9.5 | $4M | 0.0% | #17 of 537 |
| 3Alexandria, MN | 81 | 20 | 11.4 | $3.4M | +2.6% | #22 of 537 |
| 4Red Wing, MN | 80 | 19 | 9.6 | $4.2M | +1.3% | #23 of 537 |
| 5Austin, MN | 80 | 17 | 10.8 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #25 of 537 |
| 6Hutchinson, MN | 79 | 12 | 7.9 | $5M | −0.3% | #28 of 537 |
| 7Fergus Falls, MN | 79 | 26 | 10.3 | $3.7M | +1.6% | #34 of 537 |
| 8Faribault-Northfield, MN | 78 | 29 | 12.3 | $3.3M | +4.2% | #41 of 537 |
| 9Grand Rapids, MN | 77 | 21 | 11.3 | $3.2M | +0.9% | #46 of 537 |
Other business types in the Red Wing area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes81
- Sit-down restaurants77
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza81
- Coffee shops and cafes78
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Red Wing, MN area?
There are 19 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Red Wing area as of September 2026. 15 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Red Wing, MN area spend on food away from home?
About $79.3M a year, or $4,021 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in the Red Wing area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Red Wing, MN area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Red Wing area has 9.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Red Wing area would have about 26, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 616 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Red Wing, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Red Wing area at 48,195 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. The median household income in the Red Wing area is $84,171 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Red Wing area scores 80 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #23 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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