Food and drink · Small-town market · California
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area
How the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #24 of 537 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 45
- 27 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $184.6M
- On food away from home · $4,307 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,911
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Truckee-Grass Valley area scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #24 of 537 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for fast food and sandwich shops.
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 fast food and sandwich shops in the Truckee-Grass Valley area. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Households in the Truckee-Grass Valley area spend about $184.6M a year on food away from home, or $4,307 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 63 businesses with payroll in the Truckee-Grass Valley area classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 680 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $682K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Truckee-Grass Valley area. Population estimates put the population change in the Truckee-Grass Valley area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Truckee-Grass Valley area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Truckee-Grass Valley area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 680 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,307 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $89,882 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 912
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4527 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $682K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Truckee-Grass Valley 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in the Truckee-Grass Valley area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,911−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 42,865
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 958 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 107
- Median household income
- $89,882+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,444
- Median home value
- $621,800
- Jobs located here
- 31,275
- Daytime population
- 94,590Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 80 | 45 | 10.5 | $4.1M | −0.4% | #24 of 537 |
| 2Sonora, CA | 74 | 22 | 9.7 | $4M | −4.0% | #59 of 537 |
| 3Clearlake, CA | 73 | 20 | 7.4 | $4.7M | −0.6% | #66 of 537 |
| 4Red Bluff, CA | 71 | 23 | 9.3 | $3.8M | −1.7% | #79 of 537 |
| 5Crescent City, CA | 68 | 10 | 10.5 | $3.4M | −4.4% | #103 of 537 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 66 | 31 | 14.2 | $3M | +0.9% | #124 of 537 |
| 6Eureka-Arcata, CA | 60 | 50 | 9.1 | $3.8M | −3.4% | #173 of 537 |
| 7Susanville, CA | 56 | 10 | 10.8 | $3.2M | −13.1% | #221 of 537 |
| 8Ukiah, CA | 55 | 37 | 10.6 | $3.5M | −3.5% | #225 of 537 |
| 9Bishop, CA | 32 | 14 | 17.4 | $2.2M | −4.4% | #434 of 537 |
Other business types in the Truckee-Grass Valley area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes62
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza80
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops51
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area?
The Truckee-Grass Valley area has 45 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area spend on food away from home?
About $184.6M a year, or $4,307 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,865 households in the Truckee-Grass Valley area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Truckee-Grass Valley area has 10.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.1M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Truckee-Grass Valley area would have about 61, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 680 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Truckee-Grass Valley area at 101,911 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 42,865 households. The median household income in the Truckee-Grass Valley area is $89,882 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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 Truckee-Grass Valley area scores 80 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #24 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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