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Fast food and sandwich shops in Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The fast food and sandwich shops in Tangipahoa Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,508 of 2,222 scored counties
#23 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
81
70 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
98
All limited-service restaurants · +5.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$172.1M
On food away from home · $3,309 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
141,346
+5.8% 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

Households in Tangipahoa Parish spend about $172.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,309 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Tangipahoa Parish has 81 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 70 are chain locations, or 86%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Tangipahoa Parish was 98 in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 531 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. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Tangipahoa Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tangipahoa Parish grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Tangipahoa Parish is 40 (lower middle), #1,508 of 2,222 scored counties and #23 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureTangipahoa ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.614.713.3
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)531480478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.4%+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,309$3,469$4,070
Median household income$56,760$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4013

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
93 → 98All limited-service restaurants · +5.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,198
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
16All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8170 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
141,346+5.8% since 2020
Households
51,999
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
791 sq. mi.
People per square mile
173
Median household income
$56,760+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,166
Median home value
$212,900
Jobs located here
48,446
Daytime population
130,690Residents 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 Tangipahoa 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
23Tangipahoa Parish, LA408115.6$2.1M+5.8%#1,508 of 2,222

Other business types in Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 fast food and sandwich shops in Tangipahoa Parish. 70 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $172.1M a year, or $3,309 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 51,999 households in Tangipahoa Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tangipahoa Parish has 15.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Tangipahoa Parish would have about 56, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 531 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Tangipahoa Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Tangipahoa Parish at 141,346 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,999 households. Median household income in Tangipahoa Parish is $56,760, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.7%, 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. Tangipahoa Parish scores 40 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,508 of 2,222 scored counties.

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