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Fast food and sandwich shops in Hill County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Hill County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On food away from home · $3,217 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,167
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Hill County comes to about $20M a year: $3,217 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per shop, 64% above 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 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Hill County as of September 2026. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Hill County in 2023. That is one for every 477 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hill County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Hill County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hill County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Hill County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 11.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 477 | 569 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,217 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,798 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 255
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Hill 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 Hill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,167−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,206
- Median age
- 34.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,899 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $52,798+7.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,118
- Median home value
- $202,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,080
- Daytime population
- 15,558Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 85 | 15 | 8.0 | $4.5M | +9.4% | #57 of 2,222 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 82 | 29 | 9.3 | $4.2M | +5.8% | #98 of 2,222 |
| 3Carbon County, MT | 75 | 6 | 12.9 | $3M | +9.1% | #238 of 2,222 |
| 4Gallatin County, MT | 73 | 54 | 10.5 | $4.1M | +7.7% | #280 of 2,222 |
| 5Lincoln County, MT | 72 | 5 | 5.5 | $5.5M | +13.1% | #294 of 2,222 |
| 6Flathead County, MT | 70 | 51 | 11.5 | $3.3M | +10.1% | #372 of 2,222 |
| 7Lake County, MT | 68 | 11 | 8.7 | $4M | +6.9% | #428 of 2,222 |
| 8Fergus County, MT | 60 | 6 | 11.3 | $2.9M | +3.1% | #758 of 2,222 |
| 9Park County, MT | 57 | 10 | 12.0 | $3.1M | +5.7% | #859 of 2,222 |
| 10Missoula County, MT | 56 | 76 | 14.4 | $2.7M | +4.4% | #925 of 2,222 |
| Hill County, MT | Not scored | 4 | 6.4 | $5M | −0.5% |
Other business types in Hill County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes24
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Hill County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 fast food and sandwich shops in Hill County. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 13 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.
How much do households in Hill County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $20M a year, or $3,217 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 6,206 households in Hill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hill County, MT compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Hill County has 6.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $5M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Hill County would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 477 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Hill County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Hill County at 16,167 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,206 households. Median household income in Hill County is $52,798, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.1%, 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. Hill County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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