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Fast food and sandwich shops in Orange County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Orange County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,601 of 2,222 scored counties
#65 of 81 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
11
7 chain locations (64%)
Official establishments
16
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$27.6M
On food away from home · $3,459 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.8
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,834
−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

Household spending on food away from home in Orange County comes to about $27.6M a year: $3,459 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per shop, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Orange County has 11 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 64% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Orange County in 2023. That is one for every 498 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $687K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Orange County.

Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orange County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,601 of 2,222 scored counties and #65 of 81 scored counties in Indiana.

How Orange 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 Orange County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.814.013.3
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)498503478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,459$3,802$4,070
Median household income$65,873$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score3737

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 16All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
268
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
117 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
1
Amount
$687K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
19,834−0.1% since 2020
Households
7,970
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
398 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$65,873+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,309
Median home value
$158,700
Jobs located here
6,963
Daytime population
17,799Residents 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 Orange 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
65Orange County, IN371113.8$2.5M−0.1%#1,601 of 2,222

Other business types in Orange 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 Orange County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 fast food and sandwich shops in Orange County. 7 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 16 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 Orange County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $27.6M a year, or $3,459 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 7,970 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 13.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Orange County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 498 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 19,834 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,970 households. Median household income in Orange County is $65,873, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Orange County scores 37 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,601 of 2,222 scored counties.

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