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Fast food and sandwich shops in Calhoun County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Calhoun County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On food away from home · $4,260 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 4,300
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Calhoun County comes to about $5.3M a year: $4,260 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Calhoun County has 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Calhoun County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 413 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 show Calhoun County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Calhoun County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Calhoun County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 413 | 474 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,260 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $93,203 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $148K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,300−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 1,239
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 89%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 254 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $93,203
- Average household income
- $105,834
- Median home value
- $190,900
- Jobs located here
- 855
- Daytime population
- 2,927Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 80 | 7 | 10.1 | $4.2M | +0.6% | #130 of 2,222 |
| 2Woodford County, IL | 79 | 13 | 8.9 | $4.9M | −0.8% | #142 of 2,222 |
| 3Moultrie County, IL | 73 | 5 | 8.6 | $4.3M | −0.8% | #277 of 2,222 |
| 4Bond County, IL | 71 | 5 | 8.1 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #326 of 2,222 |
| 5Kendall County, IL | 71 | 56 | 12.3 | $3.9M | +9.9% | #331 of 2,222 |
| 6McHenry County, IL | 70 | 133 | 11.3 | $4.2M | +2.5% | #355 of 2,222 |
| 7Bureau County, IL | 68 | 12 | 8.6 | $4.3M | −2.1% | #423 of 2,222 |
| 8Monroe County, IL | 68 | 17 | 12.3 | $3.8M | −0.3% | #431 of 2,222 |
| 9Clinton County, IL | 68 | 20 | 13.7 | $3M | +0.6% | #452 of 2,222 |
| 10Macoupin County, IL | 67 | 16 | 9.1 | $4.2M | −2.6% | #465 of 2,222 |
| Calhoun County, IL | Not scored | 1 | 8.1 | $5.3M | −2.2% |
Other business types in Calhoun County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Calhoun County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 fast food or sandwich shop in Calhoun County. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 3 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 Calhoun County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $5.3M a year, or $4,260 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 1,239 households in Calhoun County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Calhoun County, IL compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Calhoun County has 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 413 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Calhoun County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Calhoun County at 4,300 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,239 households. Median household income in Calhoun County is $93,203, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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