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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Vicksburg, MS area

How the Vicksburg, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #502 of 537 scored small-town markets
#11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi

Listings
30
27 chain locations (90%)
Official establishments
46
All limited-service restaurants · +9.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$58.2M
On food away from home · $3,472 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.9
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,759
−6.3% 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, the Vicksburg area has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #502 of 537 scored small-town markets and #11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Vicksburg area spend about $58.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,472 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $1.9M per shop, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

There are 30 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Vicksburg area as of September 2026. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 90%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 17.9 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in the Vicksburg area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 365 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 show the Vicksburg area declined 6.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Vicksburg area 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 Vicksburg, MS area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureVicksburg areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.916.813.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)365459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.5%+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,472$3,288$4,070
Median household income$59,401$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score198

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
46All limited-service restaurants · +9.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
944
Annual payroll, 2023
$16M
One-person businesses, 2023
15All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3027 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
41,759−6.3% since 2020
Households
16,772
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
589 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$59,401+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,803
Median home value
$156,400
Jobs located here
16,981
Daytime population
42,797Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Vicksburg area marked.

Top small-town markets in Mississippi

Small-town markets in Mississippi ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Picayune, MS543013.7$2.4M+5.6%#244 of 537
2Oxford, MS344920.4$1.7M+5.3%#424 of 537
3Brookhaven, MS331712.9$2.5M+0.5%#427 of 537
4Natchez, MS-LA293114.9$1.9M−0.9%#454 of 537
5Greenwood, MS272114.5$2M−8.8%#466 of 537
6Starkville, MS274417.0$1.9M+0.8%#468 of 537
7Tupelo, MS259919.1$1.8M+0.8%#476 of 537
8Corinth, MS252517.3$1.8M−0.5%#477 of 537
9Greenville, MS232414.0$2M−9.4%#479 of 537
10Clarksdale, MS201011.9$2.2M−6.5%#498 of 537
11Vicksburg, MS193017.9$1.9M−6.3%#502 of 537

Other business types in the Vicksburg area

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Vicksburg, MS area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 fast food and sandwich shops in the Vicksburg area. 27 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.5% 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 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Vicksburg, MS area spend on food away from home?

About $58.2M a year, or $3,472 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 16,772 households in the Vicksburg area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Vicksburg area has 17.9 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Vicksburg area would have about 19, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 365 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Vicksburg, MS area growing?

Population estimates put the Vicksburg area at 41,759 people in 2025, down 6.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,772 households. Median household income in the Vicksburg area is $59,401, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.7%, 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. 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 Vicksburg area scores 19 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #502 of 537 scored small-town markets.

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