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Restaurants and cafes in Deuel County, SD

The restaurants and cafes in Deuel County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

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

Listings
16
3 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.6M
On food away from home · $3,771 a household
Spending per listing
$413K
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
91.2
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,408
+2.6% 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

Households in Deuel County spend about $6.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,771 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 restaurants and cafes, that is $413K per restaurant, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 16 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Deuel County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 19%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 91.2, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Deuel County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 292 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Deuel County grew 2.6%, 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 Deuel County compares

The same measures for South 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 Deuel County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureDeuel CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households91.2106.8109.8
Spending per listing$413K$361K$371K
Households per official establishment292232209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,771$3,849$4,070
Median household income$83,112$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$503K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
163 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Deuel 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 Deuel County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,408+2.6% since 2020
Households
1,754
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
623 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$83,112
Average household income
$93,064
Median home value
$205,900
Jobs located here
1,407
Daytime population
3,656Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD9418265.3$694K+17.5%#6 of 2,405
2Union County, SD816791.7$471K+3.3%#128 of 2,405
3Meade County, SD759982.7$469K+2.7%#249 of 2,405
4Minnehaha County, SD55892105.2$377K+7.6%#982 of 2,405
5Brown County, SD5314387.8$425K−1.7%#1,045 of 2,405
6Oglala Lakota County, SD511965.0$431K−2.3%#1,127 of 2,405
7Beadle County, SD517396.9$369K+2.4%#1,156 of 2,405
8Hughes County, SD4977106.2$374K−0.9%#1,237 of 2,405
9Brookings County, SD49160116.0$324K+9.6%#1,252 of 2,405
10Lake County, SD4749103.9$374K−0.2%#1,314 of 2,405
Deuel County, SDNot scored1691.2$413K+2.6%

Other business types in Deuel County

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

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Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Deuel County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 restaurants and cafes in Deuel County. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.

How much do households in Deuel County, SD spend on food away from home?

About $6.6M a year, or $3,771 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $413K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,754 households in Deuel County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Deuel County, SD compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Deuel County has 91.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $413K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Deuel County would have about 18, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 292 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Deuel County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Deuel County at 4,408 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,754 households. Median household income in Deuel County is $83,112, 3% above 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 Deuel County

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