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Fast food and sandwich shops in Mitchell County, KS

How Mitchell County, KS 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
3 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
3
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On food away from home · $3,543 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.2
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,590
−3.2% 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 Mitchell County comes to about $9.5M a year: $3,543 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per shop, 4% 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 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Mitchell County as of September 2026. That is 11.2 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Mitchell County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 893 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 put the population change in Mitchell County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, 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 Mitchell County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Mitchell County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureMitchell CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.214.213.3
Spending per listing$3.2M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)893526478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,543$3,910$4,070
Median household income$64,246$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
65
Annual payroll, 2023
$762K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
33 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,590−3.2% since 2020
Households
2,680
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$64,246
Average household income
$85,506
Median home value
$133,800
Jobs located here
3,138
Daytime population
6,121Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS841410.2$4.1M+5.9%#81 of 2,222
2Pottawatomie County, KS761111.7$3.6M+6.9%#214 of 2,222
3Sumner County, KS7177.8$4.6M−0.1%#324 of 2,222
4Johnson County, KS7133213.3$3.7M+4.2%#333 of 2,222
5Leavenworth County, KS714213.9$3.1M+3.2%#341 of 2,222
6Dickinson County, KS70810.0$3.6M+1.4%#361 of 2,222
7Franklin County, KS6898.6$4.3M+1.1%#421 of 2,222
8Jackson County, KS65612.0$3.2M+1.5%#554 of 2,222
9Neosho County, KS6157.7$4.3M−1.7%#672 of 2,222
10Marion County, KS60510.5$3.3M−1.3%#740 of 2,222
Mitchell County, KSNot scored311.2$3.2M−3.2%

Other business types in Mitchell County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Mitchell County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 fast food and sandwich shops in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County, KS spend on food away from home?

About $9.5M a year, or $3,543 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 2,680 households in Mitchell County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mitchell County has 11.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 893 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Mitchell County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Mitchell County at 5,590 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,680 households. Median household income in Mitchell County is $64,246, 20% below 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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How the score works · Top markets for fast food and sandwich shops · All 56 business types in Mitchell County

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