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Sit-down restaurants in Butte County, SD
How Butte County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #955 of 2,405 scored counties
#8 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 22
- 7 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.5M
- On food away from home · $3,841 a household
- Spending per listing
- $752K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 51.1
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,856
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Butte County spend about $16.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,841 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $752K per restaurant, 13% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Butte County has 22 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 51.1 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Butte County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 478 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Butte County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Butte County is 55 (upper middle), #955 of 2,405 scored counties and #8 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Butte 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 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 | Butte County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 51.1 | 52.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $752K | $737K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 478 | 542 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,841 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,652 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 227 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 full-service restaurants in Butte 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 Butte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,856+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,306
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,250 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $75,652+62.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,122
- Median home value
- $244,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,873
- Daytime population
- 8,663Residents 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 sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Butte County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 97 | 77 | 27.6 | $1.6M | +17.5% | #1 of 2,405 |
| 2Union County, SD | 80 | 34 | 46.5 | $927K | +3.3% | #129 of 2,405 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 79 | 44 | 36.8 | $1.1M | +2.7% | #147 of 2,405 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 64 | 456 | 53.8 | $738K | +7.6% | #584 of 2,405 |
| 5Beadle County, SD | 62 | 31 | 41.1 | $869K | +2.4% | #661 of 2,405 |
| 6Brown County, SD | 57 | 74 | 45.4 | $822K | −1.7% | #858 of 2,405 |
| 7Brookings County, SD | 57 | 77 | 55.8 | $673K | +9.6% | #877 of 2,405 |
| 8Butte County, SD | 55 | 22 | 51.1 | $752K | +5.5% | #955 of 2,405 |
| 9Pennington County, SD | 50 | 262 | 56.5 | $680K | +6.6% | #1,177 of 2,405 |
| 10Lake County, SD | 46 | 23 | 48.8 | $798K | −0.2% | #1,348 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Butte County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants55
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza59
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Butte County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 sit-down restaurants in Butte County. 7 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Butte County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $16.5M a year, or $3,841 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $752K 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 4,306 households in Butte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butte County, SD compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Butte County has 51.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $752K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Butte County would have about 25, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 478 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Butte County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Butte County at 10,856 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,306 households. Median household income in Butte County is $75,652, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 62.7%, 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. Butte County scores 55 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #955 of 2,405 scored counties.
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