Food and drink · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Sit-down restaurants in the Menomonie, WI area
How the Menomonie, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #91 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 76
- 26 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $66.4M
- On food away from home · $3,806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $873K
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,223
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Menomonie area comes to about $66.4M a year: $3,806 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 76 sit-down restaurants, that is $873K per restaurant, 32% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 76 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Menomonie area as of September 2026. 26 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.6, 29% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 34 businesses with payroll in the Menomonie area classed as full-service restaurants, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 513 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Menomonie area grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, the Menomonie area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #91 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Menomonie area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Menomonie area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.6 | 52.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $873K | $757K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 513 | 497 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | −1.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,806 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,824 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34+3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 554
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7626 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The 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 the Menomonie 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 Menomonie area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,223+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 17,440
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 850 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $74,824+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,785
- Median home value
- $243,200
- Jobs located here
- 19,544
- Daytime population
- 43,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Menomonie area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beaver Dam, WI | 72 | 150 | 41.8 | $906K | −0.3% | #60 of 538 |
| 2Menomonie, WI | 67 | 76 | 43.6 | $873K | +1.7% | #91 of 538 |
| 3Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 67 | 143 | 44.3 | $810K | −0.2% | #95 of 538 |
| 4Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 66 | 162 | 46.5 | $858K | +0.3% | #102 of 538 |
| 5Platteville, WI | 59 | 94 | 47.1 | $765K | +0.9% | #174 of 538 |
| 6Manitowoc, WI | 58 | 162 | 46.0 | $793K | +0.4% | #183 of 538 |
| 7Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 57 | 151 | 50.9 | $757K | +2.2% | #196 of 538 |
| 8Sparta, WI | 55 | 94 | 51.4 | $713K | +0.6% | #216 of 538 |
| Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 47 | 63 | 44.7 | $778K | +0.4% | #298 of 538 |
| 9Shawano, WI | 44 | 99 | 53.1 | $667K | +1.4% | #329 of 538 |
Other business types in the Menomonie area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes74
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops72
- Pizza77
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops67
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Menomonie, WI area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 76 sit-down restaurants in the Menomonie area. 26 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Menomonie, WI area spend on food away from home?
About $66.4M a year, or $3,806 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $873K 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 17,440 households in the Menomonie area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Menomonie, WI area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Menomonie area has 43.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $873K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Menomonie area would have about 100, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Menomonie, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Menomonie area at 46,223 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,440 households. Median household income in the Menomonie area is $74,824, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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 Menomonie area scores 67 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #91 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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