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Restaurants and cafes in Oglala Lakota County, SD
How Oglala Lakota 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,127 of 2,405 scored counties
#6 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 19
- 6 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On food away from home · $2,802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $431K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.0
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,338
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 restaurants and cafes in Oglala Lakota County. 6 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 65.0, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Oglala Lakota County comes to about $8.2M a year: $2,802 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $431K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Oglala Lakota County in 2023. That is one for every 585 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Oglala Lakota County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Oglala Lakota County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,127 of 2,405 scored counties and #6 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Oglala Lakota 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 | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.0 | 106.8 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $431K | $361K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 585 | 232 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,802 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,417 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 196 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala Lakota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,338−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,923
- Median age
- 27.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 2,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,417+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,084
- Median home value
- $52,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,851
- Daytime population
- 15,275Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Oglala Lakota County marked.
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 Oglala Lakota County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Oglala Lakota County, SD?
Oglala Lakota County has 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Oglala Lakota County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $8.2M a year, or $2,802 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $431K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,923 households in Oglala Lakota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglala Lakota County, SD compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Oglala Lakota County has 65.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $431K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Oglala Lakota County would have about 22, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 585 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Oglala Lakota County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Oglala Lakota County at 13,338 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,923 households. The median household income in Oglala Lakota County is $41,417 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Oglala Lakota County scores 51 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,127 of 2,405 scored counties.
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