Food and drink · Small-town market · Minnesota
Sit-down restaurants in the Red Wing, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Red Wing, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #30 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 82
- 22 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +6.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.3M
- On food away from home · $4,021 a household
- Spending per listing
- $967K
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,195
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, the Red Wing area has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #30 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for sit-down restaurants.
As of September 2026, map listings count 82 sit-down restaurants in the Red Wing area. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 41.6, 32% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the Red Wing area spend about $79.3M a year on food away from home, or $4,021 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $967K per restaurant, 46% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Red Wing area was 33 in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019. That is one for every 598 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Red Wing area. Population estimates show the Red Wing area grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Red Wing area compares
The same measures for Minnesota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Red Wing area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.6 | 45.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $967K | $962K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 598 | 595 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.5% | −0.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,021 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,171 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33+6.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 576
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8222 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 120The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Red Wing area, 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 the Red Wing area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,195+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 757 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $84,171+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,161
- Median home value
- $285,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,843
- Daytime population
- 42,664Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Red Wing area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 86 | 99 | 42.1 | $969K | +4.2% | #7 of 538 |
| 2Austin, MN | 84 | 51 | 32.4 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #10 of 538 |
| 3Willmar, MN | 82 | 77 | 43.7 | $884K | +2.3% | #14 of 538 |
| 4Red Wing, MN | 77 | 82 | 41.6 | $967K | +1.3% | #30 of 538 |
| 5Hutchinson, MN | 76 | 62 | 40.7 | $970K | −0.3% | #34 of 538 |
| 6Detroit Lakes, MN | 76 | 62 | 43.0 | $881K | +0.9% | #37 of 538 |
| 7Owatonna, MN | 73 | 65 | 42.9 | $939K | +0.2% | #54 of 538 |
| 8Winona, MN | 71 | 84 | 41.5 | $902K | +1.8% | #65 of 538 |
| 9Marshall, MN | 70 | 52 | 51.4 | $746K | +1.0% | #76 of 538 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 67 | 41 | 43.1 | $886K | 0.0% | #90 of 538 |
Other business types in the Red Wing area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes81
- Sit-down restaurants77
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza81
- Coffee shops and cafes78
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Red Wing, MN area?
The Red Wing area has 82 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Red Wing, MN area spend on food away from home?
About $79.3M a year, or $4,021 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 82 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $967K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in the Red Wing area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Red Wing, MN area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Red Wing area has 41.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $967K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Red Wing area would have about 120, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 598 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Red Wing, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Red Wing area at 48,195 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. The median household income in the Red Wing area is $84,171 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Red Wing area scores 77 for sit-down restaurants (high), #30 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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