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Fast food and sandwich shops in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,772 of 2,222 scored counties
#32 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
16
13 chain locations (81%)
Official establishments
23
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$40M
On food away from home · $3,315 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,471
−2.4% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, Jefferson Davis Parish has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,772 of 2,222 scored counties and #32 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Jefferson Davis Parish spend about $40M a year on food away from home, or $3,315 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $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.

Jefferson Davis Parish has 16 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 81%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Jefferson Davis Parish was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 525 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 Jefferson Davis Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jefferson Davis Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Jefferson Davis Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson Davis ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.314.713.3
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)525480478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,315$3,469$4,070
Median household income$57,341$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3213

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 23All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
470
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1613 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Jefferson Davis Parish, 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 Jefferson Davis Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
31,471−2.4% since 2020
Households
12,068
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
652 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$57,341+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,913
Median home value
$150,800
Jobs located here
7,538
Daytime population
26,729Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Jefferson Davis Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1East Feliciana Parish, LA7357.8$4.8M−2.8%#273 of 2,222
2De Soto Parish, LA6698.6$3.7M+2.0%#511 of 2,222
3Evangeline Parish, LA6275.6$5.2M−1.0%#637 of 2,222
4St. Charles Parish, LA622010.7$3.7M−3.7%#644 of 2,222
5Livingston Parish, LA627013.1$2.9M+8.5%#665 of 2,222
6St. Tammany Parish, LA6114113.4$3M+5.3%#710 of 2,222
7Beauregard Parish, LA591510.9$3.3M+0.2%#786 of 2,222
8St. James Parish, LA58810.6$3.5M−5.9%#811 of 2,222
9Sabine Parish, LA5789.1$3.4M−1.2%#851 of 2,222
10Iberville Parish, LA56108.9$3.8M−1.6%#886 of 2,222
32Jefferson Davis Parish, LA321613.3$2.5M−2.4%#1,772 of 2,222

Other business types in Jefferson Davis Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 fast food and sandwich shops in Jefferson Davis Parish. 13 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 23 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $40M a year, or $3,315 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 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 12,068 households in Jefferson Davis Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jefferson Davis Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Jefferson Davis Parish has 13.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, in line with 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, Jefferson Davis Parish would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 525 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson Davis Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson Davis Parish at 31,471 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,068 households. Median household income in Jefferson Davis Parish is $57,341, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.2%, 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. Jefferson Davis Parish scores 32 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,772 of 2,222 scored counties.

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