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Fast food and sandwich shops in Cass County, IN

How Cass County, IN 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 #1,488 of 2,222 scored counties
#60 of 81 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
18
18 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
28
All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$49.2M
On food away from home · $3,275 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.0
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,836
+0.1% 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 18 fast food and sandwich shops in Cass County. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 12.0 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Households in Cass County spend about $49.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,275 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% below 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.

Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 537 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. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $927K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass County.

Population estimates show Cass County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cass County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,488 of 2,222 scored counties and #60 of 81 scored counties in Indiana.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Cass County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.014.013.3
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)537503478
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,275$3,802$4,070
Median household income$56,403$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4037

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28 → 28All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
520
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1818 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$927K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,836+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,037
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
412 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$56,403+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,540
Median home value
$133,800
Jobs located here
15,218
Daytime population
35,454Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1LaGrange County, IN84107.8$5.2M+1.9%#69 of 2,222
2Morgan County, IN803111.0$3.7M+4.4%#135 of 2,222
3Hancock County, IN804413.1$3.4M+13.5%#137 of 2,222
4Warrick County, IN772911.5$3.7M+4.4%#195 of 2,222
5Posey County, IN7687.6$5.2M−0.8%#200 of 2,222
6Hamilton County, IN7217412.7$4.1M+10.9%#305 of 2,222
7Franklin County, IN7155.4$7.2M+2.2%#321 of 2,222
8Boone County, IN714816.7$3M+13.5%#342 of 2,222
9Owen County, IN7055.8$5.9M+2.6%#347 of 2,222
10Starke County, IN7066.7$5M+0.1%#348 of 2,222
60Cass County, IN401812.0$2.7M+0.1%#1,488 of 2,222

Other business types in Cass 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 Cass County, IN?

Cass County has 18 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 28 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cass County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $49.2M a year, or $3,275 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 15,037 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cass County has 12.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Cass County would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 537 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 Cass County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 37,836 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,037 households. The median household income in Cass County is $56,403 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.1% 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. Cass County scores 40 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,488 of 2,222 scored counties.

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