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Fast food and sandwich shops in Crawford County, IN
How Crawford 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On food away from home · $3,050 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,509
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Crawford County comes to about $14M a year: $3,050 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per shop, 14% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for limited-service restaurants in Crawford County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Crawford County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Crawford 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.
| Measure | Crawford County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 14.0 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | n/a | 503 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,050 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,640 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,509−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,582
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 306 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $49,640+19.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,119
- Median home value
- $117,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,814
- Daytime population
- 8,143Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1LaGrange County, IN | 84 | 10 | 7.8 | $5.2M | +1.9% | #69 of 2,222 |
| 2Morgan County, IN | 80 | 31 | 11.0 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #135 of 2,222 |
| 3Hancock County, IN | 80 | 44 | 13.1 | $3.4M | +13.5% | #137 of 2,222 |
| 4Warrick County, IN | 77 | 29 | 11.5 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #195 of 2,222 |
| 5Posey County, IN | 76 | 8 | 7.6 | $5.2M | −0.8% | #200 of 2,222 |
| 6Hamilton County, IN | 72 | 174 | 12.7 | $4.1M | +10.9% | #305 of 2,222 |
| 7Franklin County, IN | 71 | 5 | 5.4 | $7.2M | +2.2% | #321 of 2,222 |
| 8Boone County, IN | 71 | 48 | 16.7 | $3M | +13.5% | #342 of 2,222 |
| 9Owen County, IN | 70 | 5 | 5.8 | $5.9M | +2.6% | #347 of 2,222 |
| 10Starke County, IN | 70 | 6 | 6.7 | $5M | +0.1% | #348 of 2,222 |
| Crawford County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 8.7 | $3.5M | −0.2% |
Other business types in Crawford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants27
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza11
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Crawford County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 fast food and sandwich shops in Crawford County. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Crawford County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Crawford County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $14M a year, or $3,050 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 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 4,582 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crawford County, IN compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Crawford County has 8.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Crawford County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Crawford County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Crawford County at 10,509 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,582 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $49,640, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.2%, 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. Crawford County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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