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Fast food and sandwich shops in Klickitat County, WA

The fast food and sandwich shops in Klickitat County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 89 out of 100: High

Ranked #18 of 2,222 scored counties
#2 of 32 scored counties in Washington

Listings
5
4 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
8
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$37.1M
On food away from home · $3,762 a household
Spending per listing
$7.4M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,331
+6.6% 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

Klickitat County scores 89 (high) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #18 of 2,222 scored counties and #2 of 32 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for fast food and sandwich shops.

Households in Klickitat County spend about $37.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,762 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.4M per shop, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Klickitat County has 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Klickitat County in 2023. That is one for every 1,234 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 Klickitat County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Klickitat County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Klickitat County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureKlickitat CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.110.513.3
Spending per listing$7.4M$4.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,234593478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.6%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,762$4,501$4,070
Median household income$71,042$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score8986

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
60
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
54 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,331+6.6% since 2020
Households
9,872
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,872 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$71,042+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,802
Median home value
$425,300
Jobs located here
7,282
Daytime population
21,778Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Juan County, WA9055.5$7.5M+4.2%#13 of 2,222
2Klickitat County, WA8955.1$7.4M+6.6%#18 of 2,222
3Mason County, WA89186.9$5.8M+7.8%#21 of 2,222
4Douglas County, WA89159.4$4.3M+8.0%#26 of 2,222
5Jefferson County, WA8663.7$10.5M+2.7%#37 of 2,222
6Clark County, WA861839.3$4.7M+5.3%#42 of 2,222
7Stevens County, WA85147.2$5M+6.6%#55 of 2,222
8Kitsap County, WA801059.7$4.7M+2.7%#120 of 2,222
9Snohomish County, WA7933110.5$4.6M+4.9%#147 of 2,222
10Pacific County, WA7998.2$4.3M+3.6%#150 of 2,222

Other business types in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County, WA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 fast food and sandwich shops in Klickitat County. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 8 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.

How much do households in Klickitat County, WA spend on food away from home?

About $37.1M a year, or $3,762 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 9,872 households in Klickitat County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Klickitat County has 5.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $7.4M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Klickitat County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,234 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Klickitat County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Klickitat County at 24,331 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,872 households. Median household income in Klickitat County is $71,042, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Klickitat County scores 89 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #18 of 2,222 scored counties.

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