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Fast food and sandwich shops in Pontotoc County, OK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Pontotoc County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,638 of 2,222 scored counties
#29 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
22
16 chain locations (73%)
Official establishments
29
All limited-service restaurants · +3.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$50.9M
On food away from home · $3,364 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.5
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,528
+1.2% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Pontotoc County comes to about $50.9M a year: $3,364 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.3M per shop, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Pontotoc County has 22 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 73%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 14.5 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pontotoc County in 2023, up 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 522 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Pontotoc County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Pontotoc County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,638 of 2,222 scored counties and #29 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma.

How Pontotoc County compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Pontotoc County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasurePontotoc CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.515.613.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)522517478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.6%+0.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,364$3,519$4,070
Median household income$63,017$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3633

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28 → 29All limited-service restaurants · +3.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
686
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2216 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,528+1.2% since 2020
Households
15,134
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$63,017+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,010
Median home value
$175,400
Jobs located here
20,048
Daytime population
41,723Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Oklahoma

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

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rogers County, OK84339.0$4.3M+7.1%#78 of 2,222
2Wagoner County, OK803912.4$3.1M+14.6%#138 of 2,222
3Logan County, OK802413.5$3M+11.5%#139 of 2,222
4Osage County, OK76126.9$5M+2.2%#201 of 2,222
5Canadian County, OK668314.3$2.8M+20.4%#534 of 2,222
6Creek County, OK653211.3$3M+4.4%#557 of 2,222
7Grady County, OK633014.5$2.6M+7.7%#635 of 2,222
8Ottawa County, OK57108.4$3.5M+0.7%#850 of 2,222
9Lincoln County, OK571813.7$2.5M+5.3%#875 of 2,222
10Delaware County, OK542313.4$2.4M+3.8%#1,005 of 2,222
29Pontotoc County, OK362214.5$2.3M+1.2%#1,638 of 2,222

Other business types in Pontotoc County

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

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Pontotoc County, OK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 fast food and sandwich shops in Pontotoc County. 16 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.6% 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Pontotoc County, OK spend on food away from home?

About $50.9M a year, or $3,364 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 15,134 households in Pontotoc County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pontotoc County has 14.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Pontotoc County would have about 17, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 522 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pontotoc County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Pontotoc County at 38,528 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,134 households. Median household income in Pontotoc County is $63,017, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Pontotoc County scores 36 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,638 of 2,222 scored counties.

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