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Fast food and sandwich shops in Kemper County, MS

How Kemper 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

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

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On food away from home · $2,835 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,600
−4.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 fast food and sandwich shops in Kemper County. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Kemper County comes to about $9.1M a year: $2,835 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Kemper County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kemper County declined 4.1%, 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 Kemper 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Kemper County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureKemper CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.216.813.3
Spending per listing$4.6M$2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)n/a459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,835$3,288$4,070
Median household income$46,431$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored8

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22 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 Kemper 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 Kemper County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,600−4.1% since 2020
Households
3,223
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
766 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$46,431
Average household income
$59,763
Median home value
$99,600
Jobs located here
1,847
Daytime population
7,152Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Mississippi

Every Mississippi market ranked →

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS62139.9$3.2M+2.6%#657 of 2,222
2Itawamba County, MS551010.4$3.1M+1.3%#943 of 2,222
3Hancock County, MS502512.4$2.9M+1.6%#1,135 of 2,222
4Walthall County, MS4959.5$3.3M+0.4%#1,165 of 2,222
5Madison County, MS487116.2$2.5M+6.5%#1,231 of 2,222
6Yalobusha County, MS47510.0$3M−0.5%#1,253 of 2,222
7George County, MS471212.9$2.6M+8.1%#1,271 of 2,222
8Pearl River County, MS473013.7$2.4M+5.6%#1,283 of 2,222
9Jackson County, MS478915.4$2.3M+3.0%#1,286 of 2,222
10DeSoto County, MS4611916.8$2.4M+6.3%#1,319 of 2,222
Kemper County, MSNot scored26.2$4.6M−4.1%

Other business types in Kemper 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 Kemper County, MS?

Kemper County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Kemper County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Kemper County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $9.1M a year, or $2,835 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 3,223 households in Kemper County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kemper County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Kemper County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Kemper County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Kemper County at 8,600 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,223 households. The median household income in Kemper County is $46,431 a year, 42% 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 Kemper County

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