Food and drink · Small-town market · Michigan
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #308 of 537 scored small-town markets
#17 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 24
- 19 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $49M
- On food away from home · $3,476 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,575
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,476 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Iron Mountain area spend about $49M a year on food away from home. That is about $2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
The Iron Mountain area has 24 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 79%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 17.0 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Iron Mountain area was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 641 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. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Iron Mountain area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, the Iron Mountain area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #308 of 537 scored small-town markets and #17 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Iron Mountain area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Iron Mountain area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 641 | 514 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,476 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,552 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 339
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2419 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 the Iron Mountain area, 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 the Iron Mountain area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,575+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,102
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,249 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $64,552+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,223
- Median home value
- $157,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,062
- Daytime population
- 33,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Iron Mountain area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 82 | 50 | 11.0 | $3.7M | +2.1% | #20 of 537 |
| 2Coldwater, MI | 74 | 17 | 10.1 | $3.4M | +2.5% | #60 of 537 |
| 3Hillsdale, MI | 73 | 17 | 9.5 | $3.7M | 0.0% | #67 of 537 |
| 4Houghton, MI | 70 | 16 | 10.4 | $3.4M | +1.8% | #87 of 537 |
| 5Adrian, MI | 68 | 36 | 9.3 | $4M | −1.6% | #99 of 537 |
| 6Sturgis, MI | 66 | 29 | 12.3 | $2.8M | +0.1% | #125 of 537 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 63 | 34 | 11.6 | $2.9M | +0.3% | #151 of 537 |
| 7Ludington, MI | 59 | 13 | 10.2 | $3.5M | 0.0% | #185 of 537 |
| 8Marquette, MI | 59 | 41 | 14.5 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #193 of 537 |
| 9Alma, MI | 58 | 16 | 10.8 | $3.2M | −1.1% | #200 of 537 |
| 17Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 47 | 24 | 17.0 | $2M | +0.4% | #308 of 537 |
Other business types in the Iron Mountain area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 fast food and sandwich shops in the Iron Mountain area. 19 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 22 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. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area spend on food away from home?
About $49M a year, or $3,476 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $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 14,102 households in the Iron Mountain area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Iron Mountain area has 17.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Iron Mountain area would have about 16, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 641 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Iron Mountain area at 30,575 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,102 households. Median household income in the Iron Mountain area is $64,552, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Iron Mountain area scores 47 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #308 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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