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Fast food and sandwich shops in Matagorda County, TX
The fast food and sandwich shops in Matagorda County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,233 of 2,222 scored counties
#72 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 21
- 18 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- All limited-service restaurants · −4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.9M
- On food away from home · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,463
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Matagorda County spend about $51.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,359 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Matagorda County has 21 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Matagorda County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 772 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $799K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Matagorda County.
Population estimates put the population change in Matagorda County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Matagorda County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,233 of 2,222 scored counties and #72 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Matagorda County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Matagorda County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 15.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 772 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.8% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,359 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,628 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 20All limited-service restaurants · −4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 338
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2118 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
- 1
- Amount
- $799K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Matagorda 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 Matagorda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,463+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,439
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,093 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,037
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,447
- Daytime population
- 29,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jacinto County, TX | 84 | 6 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +7.1% | #66 of 2,222 |
| 2Bandera County, TX | 82 | 8 | 8.6 | $4.3M | +9.0% | #97 of 2,222 |
| 3Guadalupe County, TX | 78 | 89 | 13.6 | $3.1M | +15.8% | #174 of 2,222 |
| 4Travis County, TX | 77 | 638 | 10.9 | $4.2M | +7.2% | #190 of 2,222 |
| 5Llano County, TX | 76 | 11 | 10.2 | $3.7M | +9.5% | #212 of 2,222 |
| 6Williamson County, TX | 75 | 325 | 12.9 | $3.7M | +22.3% | #230 of 2,222 |
| 7Fort Bend County, TX | 72 | 392 | 13.4 | $3.6M | +17.4% | #312 of 2,222 |
| 8Parker County, TX | 72 | 80 | 14.2 | $3.2M | +23.5% | #318 of 2,222 |
| 9Gillespie County, TX | 71 | 14 | 12.2 | $3.3M | +6.6% | #338 of 2,222 |
| 10Bastrop County, TX | 71 | 57 | 15.5 | $2.6M | +21.3% | #345 of 2,222 |
| 72Matagorda County, TX | 48 | 21 | 13.6 | $2.5M | +0.5% | #1,233 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Matagorda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops43
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Matagorda County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 fast food and sandwich shops in Matagorda County. 18 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Matagorda County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $51.9M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 15,439 households in Matagorda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Matagorda County, TX compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Matagorda County has 13.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Matagorda County would have about 17, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 772 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Matagorda County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Matagorda County at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. Median household income in Matagorda County is $58,628, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Matagorda County scores 48 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,233 of 2,222 scored counties.
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