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Restaurants and cafes in Faribault County, MN
How Faribault County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,098 of 2,405 scored counties
#58 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 55
- 12 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.9M
- On food away from home · $3,602 a household
- Spending per listing
- $398K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 90.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,888
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Faribault County comes to about $21.9M a year: $3,602 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $398K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Faribault County has 55 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 90.5, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Faribault County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 276 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Faribault County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Faribault County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,098 of 2,405 scored counties and #58 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Faribault County 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 restaurants 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 | Faribault County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 90.5 | 84.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $398K | $512K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 276 | 260 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,602 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,815 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 229
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Faribault 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 Faribault County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,888−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,079
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $66,815+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,181
- Median home value
- $135,300
- Jobs located here
- 4,396
- Daytime population
- 13,083Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 93 | 168 | 47.3 | $983K | +6.8% | #7 of 2,405 |
| 2Wright County, MN | 90 | 377 | 69.8 | $671K | +11.1% | #26 of 2,405 |
| 3Isanti County, MN | 88 | 96 | 58.9 | $693K | +7.3% | #34 of 2,405 |
| 4Carver County, MN | 87 | 309 | 75.0 | $702K | +6.6% | #42 of 2,405 |
| 5Anoka County, MN | 86 | 891 | 64.8 | $703K | +4.7% | #48 of 2,405 |
| 6Dodge County, MN | 86 | 50 | 61.9 | $700K | +2.3% | #49 of 2,405 |
| 7Washington County, MN | 86 | 783 | 74.2 | $677K | +6.9% | #50 of 2,405 |
| 8Chisago County, MN | 86 | 148 | 69.3 | $646K | +4.3% | #51 of 2,405 |
| 9Scott County, MN | 85 | 418 | 76.0 | $678K | +5.1% | #61 of 2,405 |
| 10Clay County, MN | 85 | 171 | 64.7 | $614K | +3.6% | #63 of 2,405 |
| 58Faribault County, MN | 52 | 55 | 90.5 | $398K | −0.1% | #1,098 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Faribault County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Faribault County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 restaurants and cafes in Faribault County. 12 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Faribault County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $21.9M a year, or $3,602 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $398K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,079 households in Faribault County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Faribault County, MN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Faribault County has 90.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $398K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Faribault County would have about 59, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 276 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Faribault County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Faribault County at 13,888 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,079 households. Median household income in Faribault County is $66,815, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Faribault County scores 52 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,098 of 2,405 scored counties.
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