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Sit-down restaurants in Haakon County, SD

The sit-down restaurants in Haakon County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.6M
On food away from home · $3,795 a household
Spending per listing
$435K
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
87.3
42% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,802
−3.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Haakon County comes to about $2.6M a year: $3,795 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 sit-down restaurants, that is $435K per restaurant, 35% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Haakon County has 6 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 87.3 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Haakon County in 2023. That is one for every 229 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Haakon County declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Haakon 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Haakon County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureHaakon CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households87.352.361.3
Spending per listing$435K$737K$664K
Households per official establishment229542500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.5%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,795$3,849$4,070
Median household income$65,625$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$138K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
63 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Haakon 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 Haakon County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,802−3.6% since 2020
Households
687
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.6
Land area
1,811 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$65,625
Average household income
$89,835
Median home value
$164,200
Jobs located here
753
Daytime population
1,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across South Dakota

Every South Dakota market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Haakon County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD977727.6$1.6M+17.5%#1 of 2,405
2Union County, SD803446.5$927K+3.3%#129 of 2,405
3Meade County, SD794436.8$1.1M+2.7%#147 of 2,405
4Minnehaha County, SD6445653.8$738K+7.6%#584 of 2,405
5Beadle County, SD623141.1$869K+2.4%#661 of 2,405
6Brown County, SD577445.4$822K−1.7%#858 of 2,405
7Brookings County, SD577755.8$673K+9.6%#877 of 2,405
8Butte County, SD552251.1$752K+5.5%#955 of 2,405
9Pennington County, SD5026256.5$680K+6.6%#1,177 of 2,405
10Lake County, SD462348.8$798K−0.2%#1,348 of 2,405
Haakon County, SDNot scored687.3$435K−3.6%

Other business types in Haakon County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Haakon County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 sit-down restaurants in Haakon County. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.

How much do households in Haakon County, SD spend on food away from home?

About $2.6M a year, or $3,795 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $435K 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 687 households in Haakon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Haakon County, SD compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Haakon County has 87.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $435K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Haakon County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 229 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Haakon County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Haakon County at 1,802 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 687 households. Median household income in Haakon County is $65,625, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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