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Fast food and sandwich shops in Moultrie County, IL

How Moultrie County, IL 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #277 of 2,222 scored counties
#3 of 80 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
5
4 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
4
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$21.6M
On food away from home · $3,719 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,371
−0.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 fast food and sandwich shops in Moultrie County. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,719 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Moultrie County spend about $21.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 5 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $4.3M per shop, 42% 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 4 businesses with payroll in Moultrie County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,454 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.

Population estimates show Moultrie County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Moultrie County is 73 (upper middle), #277 of 2,222 scored counties and #3 of 80 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Moultrie 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Moultrie County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMoultrie CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.613.613.3
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,454474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,719$4,215$4,070
Median household income$71,784$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score7341

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
82
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
54 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Moultrie 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 Moultrie County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,371−0.8% since 2020
Households
5,817
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
336 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$71,784+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,465
Median home value
$134,000
Jobs located here
5,116
Daytime population
12,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Piatt County, IL80710.1$4.2M+0.6%#130 of 2,222
2Woodford County, IL79138.9$4.9M−0.8%#142 of 2,222
3Moultrie County, IL7358.6$4.3M−0.8%#277 of 2,222
4Bond County, IL7158.1$4.5M+0.6%#326 of 2,222
5Kendall County, IL715612.3$3.9M+9.9%#331 of 2,222
6McHenry County, IL7013311.3$4.2M+2.5%#355 of 2,222
7Bureau County, IL68128.6$4.3M−2.1%#423 of 2,222
8Monroe County, IL681712.3$3.8M−0.3%#431 of 2,222
9Clinton County, IL682013.7$3M+0.6%#452 of 2,222
10Macoupin County, IL67169.1$4.2M−2.6%#465 of 2,222

Other business types in Moultrie 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 Moultrie County, IL?

Moultrie County has 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.

How much do households in Moultrie County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $21.6M a year, or $3,719 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 5,817 households in Moultrie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Moultrie County has 8.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Moultrie County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,454 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Moultrie County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Moultrie County at 14,371 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,817 households. The median household income in Moultrie County is $71,784 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.8% 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. 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. Moultrie County scores 73 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #277 of 2,222 scored counties.

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