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Fast food and sandwich shops in Clarke County, MS
How Clarke County, MS 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 3 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $17.7M
- On food away from home · $2,972 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,102
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 fast food and sandwich shops in Clarke County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 62% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $2,972 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Clarke County spend about $17.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 3 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $5.9M per shop, 93% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Clarke County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 743 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarke County declined 2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Clarke County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clarke County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Clarke County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 16.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 743 | 459 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,972 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,108 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 8 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,102−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,945
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 692 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $46,108+6.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,952
- Median home value
- $118,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,085
- Daytime population
- 12,654Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Clarke County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 62 | 13 | 9.9 | $3.2M | +2.6% | #657 of 2,222 |
| 2Itawamba County, MS | 55 | 10 | 10.4 | $3.1M | +1.3% | #943 of 2,222 |
| 3Hancock County, MS | 50 | 25 | 12.4 | $2.9M | +1.6% | #1,135 of 2,222 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 49 | 5 | 9.5 | $3.3M | +0.4% | #1,165 of 2,222 |
| 5Madison County, MS | 48 | 71 | 16.2 | $2.5M | +6.5% | #1,231 of 2,222 |
| 6Yalobusha County, MS | 47 | 5 | 10.0 | $3M | −0.5% | #1,253 of 2,222 |
| 7George County, MS | 47 | 12 | 12.9 | $2.6M | +8.1% | #1,271 of 2,222 |
| 8Pearl River County, MS | 47 | 30 | 13.7 | $2.4M | +5.6% | #1,283 of 2,222 |
| 9Jackson County, MS | 47 | 89 | 15.4 | $2.3M | +3.0% | #1,286 of 2,222 |
| 10DeSoto County, MS | 46 | 119 | 16.8 | $2.4M | +6.3% | #1,319 of 2,222 |
| Clarke County, MS | Not scored | 3 | 5.0 | $5.9M | −2.8% |
Other business types in Clarke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes40
- Sit-down restaurants24
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Clarke County, MS?
There are 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clarke County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $17.7M a year, or $2,972 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,945 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, MS compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Clarke County has 5.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $5.9M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Clarke County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 743 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 15,102 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,945 households. The median household income in Clarke County is $46,108 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 6.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Clarke County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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