Food and drink · Small-town market · North Dakota
Sit-down restaurants in the Jamestown, ND area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Jamestown, ND area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #146 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 34
- 16 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.7M
- On food away from home · $3,566 a household
- Spending per listing
- $990K
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.0
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,414
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,566 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Jamestown area spend about $33.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 34 sit-down restaurants, that is $990K per restaurant, 49% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Jamestown area has 34 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 36.0 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Jamestown area was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 524 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.7M has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Jamestown area.
Population estimates show the Jamestown area declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Jamestown area is 61 (upper middle), #146 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota.
How the Jamestown area compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Jamestown area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.0 | 50.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $990K | $784K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 524 | 569 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,566 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,856 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 260
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3416 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Jamestown 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 Jamestown area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,414−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,437
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,222 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $61,856+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,326
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,312
- Daytime population
- 21,126Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Dakota for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with the Jamestown area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wahpeton, ND-MN | 67 | 41 | 43.1 | $886K | 0.0% | #90 of 538 |
| 2Jamestown, ND | 61 | 34 | 36.0 | $990K | −0.6% | #146 of 538 |
| 3Dickinson, ND | 61 | 76 | 49.0 | $819K | +0.7% | #152 of 538 |
| 4Williston, ND | 61 | 95 | 62.7 | $681K | +1.4% | #159 of 538 |
Other business types in the Jamestown area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Jamestown, ND area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 sit-down restaurants in the Jamestown area. 16 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in the Jamestown, ND area spend on food away from home?
About $33.7M a year, or $3,566 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $990K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,437 households in the Jamestown area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jamestown, ND area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Jamestown area has 36.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $990K, 49% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Jamestown area would have about 51, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 524 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jamestown, ND area growing?
Population estimates put the Jamestown area at 21,414 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,437 households. Median household income in the Jamestown area is $61,856, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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 Jamestown area scores 61 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #146 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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