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Fast food and sandwich shops in Dixie County, FL

How Dixie County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #808 of 2,222 scored counties
#35 of 62 scored counties in Florida

Listings
5
4 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
11
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On food away from home · $2,841 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,038
+8.0% 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

At $2,841 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Dixie County spend about $17.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 5 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3.5M per shop, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Dixie County has 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Dixie County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 567 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dixie County grew 8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Dixie County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #808 of 2,222 scored counties and #35 of 62 scored counties in Florida.

How Dixie County compares

The same measures for Florida 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Dixie County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureDixie CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.012.213.3
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)567548478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,841$3,841$4,070
Median household income$50,110$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5864

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 11All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
128
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
54 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 limited-service restaurants in Dixie 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Dixie County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,038+8.0% since 2020
Households
6,236
Median age
47.2
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
705 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$50,110+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,835
Median home value
$132,000
Jobs located here
2,738
Daytime population
14,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Dixie County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sarasota County, FL872009.4$4.3M+10.0%#34 of 2,222
2Sumter County, FL87649.1$4.1M+21.1%#36 of 2,222
3Flagler County, FL85478.9$4.3M+21.0%#59 of 2,222
4Collier County, FL8516610.0$4.3M+10.6%#60 of 2,222
5Wakulla County, FL851310.2$3.7M+12.3%#63 of 2,222
6Charlotte County, FL84768.4$4.3M+15.5%#80 of 2,222
7Manatee County, FL8218310.4$3.8M+16.6%#100 of 2,222
8St. Johns County, FL8012711.0$4.4M+25.0%#125 of 2,222
9Indian River County, FL807210.2$3.8M+7.7%#132 of 2,222
10Lee County, FL8034410.5$3.7M+14.4%#134 of 2,222
35Dixie County, FL5858.0$3.5M+8.0%#808 of 2,222

Other business types in Dixie County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Dixie County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 fast food and sandwich shops in Dixie County. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Dixie County, FL spend on food away from home?

About $17.7M a year, or $2,841 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,236 households in Dixie County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dixie County, FL compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Dixie County has 8.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Dixie County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 567 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Dixie County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Dixie County at 18,038 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,236 households. Median household income in Dixie County is $50,110, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Dixie County scores 58 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #808 of 2,222 scored counties.

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