Food and drink · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Sit-down restaurants in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area
The sit-down restaurants in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #196 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 151
- 35 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- +2.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $114.4M
- On food away from home · $3,853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $757K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.9
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,943
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 151 sit-down restaurants in the Stevens Point-Plover area. 35 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 50.9 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the Stevens Point-Plover area spend about $114.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,853 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $757K per restaurant, 14% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 72 businesses with payroll in the Stevens Point-Plover area classed as full-service restaurants, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 412 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Stevens Point-Plover area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Stevens Point-Plover area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Stevens Point-Plover area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #196 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.
How the Stevens Point-Plover 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 | Stevens Point-Plover area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.9 | 52.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $757K | $757K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 412 | 497 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.9% | −1.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,853 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,070 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 72+2.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 860
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 172The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,943+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,679
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,142
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,759
- Daytime population
- 69,944Residents 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 Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops64
- Pizza79
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area?
There are 151 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Stevens Point-Plover area as of September 2026. 35 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area spend on food away from home?
About $114.4M a year, or $3,853 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 151 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $757K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,679 households in the Stevens Point-Plover area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Stevens Point-Plover area has 50.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $757K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Stevens Point-Plover area would have about 172, against 151 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 412 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Stevens Point-Plover area at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. The median household income in the Stevens Point-Plover area is $76,070 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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 Stevens Point-Plover area scores 57 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #196 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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