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Fast food and sandwich shops in Elbert County, GA
How Elbert County, GA 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,509 of 2,222 scored counties
#54 of 114 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 13
- 12 chain locations (92%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $27.4M
- On food away from home · $3,267 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,072
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Elbert County comes to about $27.4M a year: $3,267 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Elbert County has 13 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 92% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.5, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Elbert County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 644 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.
Population estimates put the population change in Elbert County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Elbert County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,509 of 2,222 scored counties and #54 of 114 scored counties in Georgia.
How Elbert County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Elbert County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 15.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 644 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,267 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,450 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 13All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 415
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Elbert 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 Elbert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,072+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,376
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 351 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $58,450+51.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,605
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,780
- Daytime population
- 16,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Elbert County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 95 | 6 | 4.6 | $9.5M | +6.8% | #3 of 2,222 |
| 2Pike County, GA | 89 | 5 | 7.4 | $5.4M | +10.5% | #24 of 2,222 |
| 3Paulding County, GA | 85 | 65 | 10.8 | $4M | +12.7% | #62 of 2,222 |
| 4Jones County, GA | 81 | 8 | 7.4 | $5M | +2.8% | #107 of 2,222 |
| 5Madison County, GA | 79 | 8 | 7.1 | $4.7M | +8.8% | #144 of 2,222 |
| 6Putnam County, GA | 79 | 12 | 11.5 | $3.3M | +7.0% | #154 of 2,222 |
| 7Monroe County, GA | 77 | 9 | 8.5 | $4.7M | +14.1% | #185 of 2,222 |
| 8Forsyth County, GA | 76 | 119 | 13.4 | $4.1M | +11.8% | #210 of 2,222 |
| 9Effingham County, GA | 76 | 28 | 11.5 | $3.5M | +14.1% | #216 of 2,222 |
| 10Lamar County, GA | 75 | 7 | 9.8 | $3.7M | +12.9% | #231 of 2,222 |
| 54Elbert County, GA | 40 | 13 | 15.5 | $2.1M | +2.1% | #1,509 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Elbert County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes58
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Elbert County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 fast food and sandwich shops in Elbert County. 12 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 13 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.
How much do households in Elbert County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $27.4M a year, or $3,267 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 8,376 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elbert County, GA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Elbert County has 15.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Elbert County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Elbert County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Elbert County at 20,072 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,376 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $58,450, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 51.1%, 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. Elbert County scores 40 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,509 of 2,222 scored counties.
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