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Restaurants and cafes in Steele County, ND
The restaurants and cafes in Steele County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On food away from home · $3,957 a household
- Spending per listing
- $456K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 86.8
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,797
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 restaurants and cafes in Steele County. None of them are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 86.8 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Steele County comes to about $3.2M a year: $3,957 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $456K per restaurant, 23% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Steele County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Steele County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Steele 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 | Steele County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 86.8 | 105.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $456K | $375K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 247 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,957 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,500 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Steele 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 Steele County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,797−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 806
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 712 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $77,500
- Average household income
- $96,112
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 564
- Daytime population
- 1,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Steele County?
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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 |
| Steele County, ND | Not scored | 7 | 86.8 | $456K | −0.1% |
Other business types in Steele County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Steele County, ND?
Steele County has 7 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Steele County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Steele County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $3.2M a year, or $3,957 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $456K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 806 households in Steele County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Steele County, ND compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Steele County has 86.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $456K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Steele County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Steele County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Steele County at 1,797 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 806 households. The median household income in Steele County is $77,500 a year, 4% 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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