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Restaurants and cafes in Hanson County, SD
The restaurants and cafes in Hanson 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
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On food away from home · $4,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $457K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 88.3
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,456
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 restaurants and cafes in Hanson County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 88.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,033 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Hanson County spend about $4.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 10 restaurants and cafes, that is $457K 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 Hanson County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Hanson County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Hanson 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 | Hanson County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 88.3 | 106.8 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $457K | $361K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 232 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,033 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,071 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
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
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Hanson 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 Hanson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,456−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,132
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 89%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $81,071
- Average household income
- $104,104
- Median home value
- $191,200
- Jobs located here
- 739
- Daytime population
- 2,657Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hanson County?
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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 |
| Hanson County, SD | Not scored | 10 | 88.3 | $457K | −0.3% |
Other business types in Hanson 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 Hanson County, SD?
Hanson County has 10 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) 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 Hanson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hanson County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $4.6M a year, or $4,033 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 10 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $457K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,132 households in Hanson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hanson County, SD compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Hanson County has 88.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $457K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Hanson County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Hanson County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Hanson County at 3,456 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,132 households. The median household income in Hanson County is $81,071 a year, in line with 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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