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Fast food and sandwich shops in Morgan County, OH

The fast food and sandwich shops in Morgan County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
4
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$18.5M
On food away from home · $3,241 a household
Spending per listing
$9.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,626
−0.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 fast food and sandwich shops in Morgan County. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Morgan County comes to about $18.5M a year: $3,241 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.3M 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Morgan County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,428 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $51K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Morgan County.

Population estimates show Morgan County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Morgan County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Morgan County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Morgan County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMorgan CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.513.613.3
Spending per listing$9.3M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,428467478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,241$3,829$4,070
Median household income$59,351$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
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
1
Amount
$51K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Morgan 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 Morgan County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,626−0.9% since 2020
Households
5,713
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
416 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$59,351+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,286
Median home value
$150,900
Jobs located here
2,895
Daytime population
11,576Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH863012.4$3.9M+16.5%#47 of 2,222
2Holmes County, OH81107.5$5.4M+1.7%#106 of 2,222
3Morrow County, OH781410.4$3.7M+3.7%#172 of 2,222
4Warren County, OH7510010.9$4.5M+5.7%#222 of 2,222
5Geauga County, OH743710.3$4.7M+0.3%#244 of 2,222
6Perry County, OH70107.4$4.9M+1.3%#349 of 2,222
7Fairfield County, OH707612.6$3.4M+6.5%#369 of 2,222
8Medina County, OH698311.4$3.9M+1.3%#397 of 2,222
9Champaign County, OH69159.6$3.9M+0.2%#398 of 2,222
10Putnam County, OH67129.1$4.4M0.0%#458 of 2,222
Morgan County, OHNot scored23.5$9.3M−0.9%

Other business types in Morgan County

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Morgan County, OH?

There are 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 4 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.

How much do households in Morgan County, OH spend on food away from home?

About $18.5M a year, or $3,241 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 5,713 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Morgan 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, Morgan County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,428 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Morgan County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Morgan County at 13,626 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,713 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $59,351 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.2% 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. Morgan County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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