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Fast food and sandwich shops in Ward County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,883 of 2,222 scored counties
#122 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
16
13 chain locations (81%)
Official establishments
7
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$16M
On food away from home · $3,641 a household
Spending per listing
$999K
67% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
36.5
2.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,125
−4.7% 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

Ward County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,883 of 2,222 scored counties and #122 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Ward County spend about $16M a year on food away from home, or $3,641 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $999K per shop, 67% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Ward County has 16 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 81%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 36.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Ward County in 2023. That is one for every 627 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 Ward County declined 4.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Ward 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Ward County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWard CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households36.515.713.3
Spending per listing$999K$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)627451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,641$3,970$4,070
Median household income$65,952$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
119
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1613 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Ward 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 Ward County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,125−4.7% since 2020
Households
4,388
Median age
35.1
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$65,952+4.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,784
Median home value
$150,700
Jobs located here
5,680
Daytime population
11,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Jacinto County, TX8465.5$6.2M+7.1%#66 of 2,222
2Bandera County, TX8288.6$4.3M+9.0%#97 of 2,222
3Guadalupe County, TX788913.6$3.1M+15.8%#174 of 2,222
4Travis County, TX7763810.9$4.2M+7.2%#190 of 2,222
5Llano County, TX761110.2$3.7M+9.5%#212 of 2,222
6Williamson County, TX7532512.9$3.7M+22.3%#230 of 2,222
7Fort Bend County, TX7239213.4$3.6M+17.4%#312 of 2,222
8Parker County, TX728014.2$3.2M+23.5%#318 of 2,222
9Gillespie County, TX711412.2$3.3M+6.6%#338 of 2,222
10Bastrop County, TX715715.5$2.6M+21.3%#345 of 2,222
122Ward County, TX291636.5$999K−4.7%#1,883 of 2,222

Other business types in Ward 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 Ward County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 fast food and sandwich shops in Ward County. 13 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 7 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Ward County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $16M a year, or $3,641 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $999K 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 4,388 households in Ward County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ward County has 36.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $999K, 67% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Ward County would have about 5, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 627 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Ward County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Ward County at 11,125 people in 2025, down 4.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,388 households. Median household income in Ward County is $65,952, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 4.7%, 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. 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. Ward County scores 29 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,883 of 2,222 scored counties.

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