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Restaurants and cafes in Rolette County, ND
The restaurants and cafes in Rolette County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,937 of 2,405 scored counties
#13 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 37
- 10 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.1M
- On food away from home · $3,471 a household
- Spending per listing
- $354K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 98.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,688
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Rolette County is 32 (lower middle), #1,937 of 2,405 scored counties and #13 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 restaurants and cafes in Rolette County. 10 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 98.2 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,471 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Rolette County spend about $13.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $354K per restaurant, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rolette County in 2023. That is one for every 236 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $450K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rolette County. Population estimates show Rolette County declined 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rolette 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.
| Measure | Rolette County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 98.2 | 105.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $354K | $375K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 236 | 247 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,471 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,517 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $450K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rolette 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 Rolette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,688−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,769
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 903 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $59,517+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,773
- Median home value
- $103,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,280
- Daytime population
- 12,010Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morton County, ND | 80 | 108 | 77.4 | $514K | +3.8% | #141 of 2,405 |
| 2McKenzie County, ND | 73 | 60 | 100.1 | $461K | +2.8% | #321 of 2,405 |
| 3Burleigh County, ND | 67 | 378 | 91.6 | $461K | +4.7% | #486 of 2,405 |
| 4Cass County, ND | 64 | 848 | 101.0 | $391K | +9.1% | #620 of 2,405 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 54 | 300 | 95.9 | $388K | +1.9% | #1,021 of 2,405 |
| 6Richland County, ND | 50 | 71 | 103.7 | $376K | +1.2% | #1,187 of 2,405 |
| 7Stutsman County, ND | 48 | 84 | 89.0 | $401K | −0.6% | #1,267 of 2,405 |
| 8Ward County, ND | 46 | 289 | 101.2 | $394K | −2.4% | #1,342 of 2,405 |
| 9Williams County, ND | 46 | 177 | 116.8 | $366K | +1.4% | #1,358 of 2,405 |
| 10Barnes County, ND | 45 | 53 | 108.0 | $336K | −2.7% | #1,420 of 2,405 |
| 13Rolette County, ND | 32 | 37 | 98.2 | $354K | −4.1% | #1,937 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Rolette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes13
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Rolette County, ND?
There are 37 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Rolette County as of September 2026. 10 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Rolette County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $13.1M a year, or $3,471 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $354K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,769 households in Rolette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rolette County, ND compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Rolette County has 98.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $354K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Rolette County would have about 35, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 236 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Rolette County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Rolette County at 11,688 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,769 households. The median household income in Rolette County is $59,517 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. 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. Rolette County scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,937 of 2,405 scored counties.
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