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Restaurants and cafes in Eddy County, ND

How Eddy County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
10
4 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On food away from home · $3,327 a household
Spending per listing
$390K
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
85.3
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,329
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,327 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Eddy County spend about $3.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 10 restaurants and cafes, that is $390K per restaurant, 5% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 10 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Eddy County as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 85.3, 22% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Eddy County in 2023. That is one for every 391 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Eddy County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Eddy 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 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Eddy County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureEddy CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households85.3105.1109.8
Spending per listing$390K$375K$371K
Households per official establishment391247209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,327$3,940$4,070
Median household income$50,850$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
2
Annual payroll, 2023
$87K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
104 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Eddy 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 Eddy County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,329+0.1% since 2020
Households
1,173
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$50,850
Average household income
$77,774
Median home value
$124,000
Jobs located here
765
Daytime population
1,998Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Eddy County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morton County, ND8010877.4$514K+3.8%#141 of 2,405
2McKenzie County, ND7360100.1$461K+2.8%#321 of 2,405
3Burleigh County, ND6737891.6$461K+4.7%#486 of 2,405
4Cass County, ND64848101.0$391K+9.1%#620 of 2,405
5Grand Forks County, ND5430095.9$388K+1.9%#1,021 of 2,405
6Richland County, ND5071103.7$376K+1.2%#1,187 of 2,405
7Stutsman County, ND488489.0$401K−0.6%#1,267 of 2,405
8Ward County, ND46289101.2$394K−2.4%#1,342 of 2,405
9Williams County, ND46177116.8$366K+1.4%#1,358 of 2,405
10Barnes County, ND4553108.0$336K−2.7%#1,420 of 2,405
Eddy County, NDNot scored1085.3$390K+0.1%

Other business types in Eddy County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Eddy County, ND?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 restaurants and cafes in Eddy County. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.

How much do households in Eddy County, ND spend on food away from home?

About $3.9M a year, or $3,327 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $390K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,173 households in Eddy County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Eddy County, ND compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Eddy County has 85.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $390K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Eddy County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 391 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Eddy County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Eddy County at 2,329 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,173 households. Median household income in Eddy County is $50,850, 37% 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.

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Eddy County

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