Food and drink · County · South Dakota
Restaurants and cafes in Minnehaha County, SD
How Minnehaha County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #982 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 892
- 417 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 405
- +10.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $336.5M
- On food away from home · $3,968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $377K
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 105.2
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 212,691
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Minnehaha County comes to about $336.5M a year: $3,968 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $377K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Minnehaha County has 892 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 417 are chain locations, or 47%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 105.2 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 405 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Minnehaha County in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 209 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 41 SBA-backed loans worth $23.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Minnehaha County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Minnehaha County grew 7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Minnehaha County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #982 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Minnehaha 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 | Minnehaha County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 105.2 | 106.8 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $377K | $361K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 209 | 232 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.7% | +6.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,968 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,880 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 366 → 405+10.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,038
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $191.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 892417 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 908The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 41
- Amount
- $23.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 212,691+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 84,814
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,921
- Median home value
- $287,600
- Jobs located here
- 135,684
- Daytime population
- 228,682Residents 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 |
Other business types in Minnehaha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops62
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Minnehaha County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 892 restaurants and cafes in Minnehaha County. 417 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 405 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Minnehaha County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $336.5M a year, or $3,968 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 892 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $377K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Minnehaha County, SD compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Minnehaha County has 105.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $377K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Minnehaha County would have about 908, against 892 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 209 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 55 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #982 of 2,405 scored counties.
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