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Fast food and sandwich shops in Duchesne County, UT

How Duchesne County, UT compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #696 of 2,222 scored counties
#3 of 20 scored counties in Utah

Listings
8
7 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
15
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$26.5M
On food away from home · $3,849 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,856
+6.3% 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 8 fast food and sandwich shops in Duchesne County. Chain locations make up 88% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Households in Duchesne County spend about $26.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,849 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3.3M per shop, 8% above 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 Duchesne County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 459 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. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $180K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Duchesne County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Duchesne County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Duchesne County is 61 (upper middle), #696 of 2,222 scored counties and #3 of 20 scored counties in Utah.

How Duchesne County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Duchesne County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureDuchesne CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.615.513.3
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)459402478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,849$4,339$4,070
Median household income$78,445$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score6147

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 15All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
210
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
87 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$180K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
20,856+6.3% since 2020
Households
6,878
Median age
34.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
3,236 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$78,445+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,751
Median home value
$283,700
Jobs located here
8,139
Daytime population
20,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Utah

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

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tooele County, UT802912.1$3.7M+19.2%#133 of 2,222
2Wasatch County, UT791410.9$4.6M+9.9%#146 of 2,222
3Duchesne County, UT61811.6$3.3M+6.3%#696 of 2,222
4Davis County, UT6116914.6$3.2M+4.8%#701 of 2,222
5Weber County, UT6112713.5$3.1M+5.8%#706 of 2,222
6Utah County, UT5633116.3$2.8M+14.5%#920 of 2,222
7Cache County, UT556113.7$2.9M+8.5%#950 of 2,222
8Salt Lake County, UT5264515.1$2.9M+2.9%#1,068 of 2,222
9Uintah County, UT511814.8$2.5M+7.3%#1,114 of 2,222
10Box Elder County, UT513517.9$2.2M+12.7%#1,118 of 2,222

Other business types in Duchesne 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 Duchesne County, UT?

There are 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Duchesne County as of September 2026. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 15 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Duchesne County, UT spend on food away from home?

About $26.5M a year, or $3,849 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 6,878 households in Duchesne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Duchesne County has 11.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Duchesne County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 459 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Duchesne County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Duchesne County at 20,856 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,878 households. The median household income in Duchesne County is $78,445 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Duchesne County scores 61 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #696 of 2,222 scored counties.

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