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Fast food and sandwich shops in Wichita County, TX
The fast food and sandwich shops in Wichita County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,041 of 2,222 scored counties
#141 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 95
- 82 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- All limited-service restaurants · +8.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $169.3M
- On food away from home · $3,454 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,555
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Wichita County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #2,041 of 2,222 scored counties and #141 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 95 fast food and sandwich shops in Wichita County. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.4, 46% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Wichita County comes to about $169.3M a year: $3,454 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. 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 Wichita County was 119 in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 412 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. Population estimates put the population change in Wichita County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wichita 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 | Wichita County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 15.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 412 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.2% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,454 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,524 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 110 → 119All limited-service restaurants · +8.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,140
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9582 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 Wichita 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 Wichita County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,5550.0% since 2020
- Households
- 49,017
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $63,524+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,175
- Median home value
- $153,700
- Jobs located here
- 50,556
- Daytime population
- 130,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Wichita County marked.
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 |
| 141Wichita County, TX | 21 | 95 | 19.4 | $1.8M | 0.0% | #2,041 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Wichita County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes51
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Wichita County, TX?
Wichita County has 95 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 82 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wichita County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $169.3M a year, or $3,454 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 49,017 households in Wichita County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wichita County, TX compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Wichita County has 19.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Wichita County would have about 56, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 412 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Wichita County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wichita County at 129,555 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,017 households. The median household income in Wichita County is $63,524 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Wichita County scores 21 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,041 of 2,222 scored counties.
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