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Restaurants and cafes in Hamlin County, SD
The restaurants and cafes in Hamlin County, SD, 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
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On food away from home · $4,018 a household
- Spending per listing
- $464K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 86.6
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,900
- +11.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,018 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Hamlin County spend about $8.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $464K per restaurant, 25% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Hamlin County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 86.6 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Hamlin County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Hamlin County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.9%, faster 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 Hamlin 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.
| Measure | Hamlin County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 86.6 | 106.8 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $464K | $361K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 219 | 232 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,018 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $87,101 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Hamlin 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 Hamlin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,900+11.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,194
- Median age
- 32.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $87,101
- Average household income
- $109,883
- Median home value
- $208,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,442
- Daytime population
- 5,811Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 94 | 182 | 65.3 | $694K | +17.5% | #6 of 2,405 |
| 2Union County, SD | 81 | 67 | 91.7 | $471K | +3.3% | #128 of 2,405 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 75 | 99 | 82.7 | $469K | +2.7% | #249 of 2,405 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 55 | 892 | 105.2 | $377K | +7.6% | #982 of 2,405 |
| 5Brown County, SD | 53 | 143 | 87.8 | $425K | −1.7% | #1,045 of 2,405 |
| 6Oglala Lakota County, SD | 51 | 19 | 65.0 | $431K | −2.3% | #1,127 of 2,405 |
| 7Beadle County, SD | 51 | 73 | 96.9 | $369K | +2.4% | #1,156 of 2,405 |
| 8Hughes County, SD | 49 | 77 | 106.2 | $374K | −0.9% | #1,237 of 2,405 |
| 9Brookings County, SD | 49 | 160 | 116.0 | $324K | +9.6% | #1,252 of 2,405 |
| 10Lake County, SD | 47 | 49 | 103.9 | $374K | −0.2% | #1,314 of 2,405 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Not scored | 19 | 86.6 | $464K | +11.9% |
Other business types in Hamlin 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
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Home services
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Hamlin County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 restaurants and cafes in Hamlin County. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Hamlin County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $8.8M a year, or $4,018 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $464K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,194 households in Hamlin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hamlin County, SD compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Hamlin County has 86.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $464K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Hamlin County would have about 24, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Hamlin County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Hamlin County at 6,900 people in 2025, up 11.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,194 households. Median household income in Hamlin County is $87,101, 8% 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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