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Fast food and sandwich shops in Carbon County, WY

How Carbon County, WY 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #995 of 2,222 scored counties
#8 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
8
6 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
7
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$22.7M
On food away from home · $3,705 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.1
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,013
−3.4% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Carbon County comes to about $22.7M a year: $3,705 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per shop, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Carbon County has 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 75%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 13.1 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Carbon County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 874 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Carbon County is 54 (upper middle), #995 of 2,222 scored counties and #8 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.

How Carbon County compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Carbon County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.114.513.3
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)874611478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,705$3,811$4,070
Median household income$70,511$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score5446

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 7All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
150
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
86 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,013−3.4% since 2020
Households
6,116
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
7,898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,259
Median home value
$222,700
Jobs located here
6,074
Daytime population
14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Wyoming

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

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, WY9256.0$6.9M+7.8%#8 of 2,222
2Converse County, WY7758.7$4.4M+0.6%#188 of 2,222
3Teton County, WY661515.3$3.5M−0.2%#514 of 2,222
4Sheridan County, WY661611.6$3.1M+7.2%#526 of 2,222
5Big Horn County, WY64511.2$3M+4.7%#589 of 2,222
6Laramie County, WY595713.2$2.9M+2.2%#794 of 2,222
7Park County, WY552015.0$2.5M+5.1%#964 of 2,222
8Carbon County, WY54813.1$2.8M−3.4%#995 of 2,222
9Campbell County, WY533117.2$2.4M+2.1%#1,043 of 2,222
10Goshen County, WY50611.5$2.9M+1.0%#1,138 of 2,222

Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, WY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 fast food and sandwich shops in Carbon County. 6 of them (75%) 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 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on food away from home?

About $22.7M a year, or $3,705 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carbon County has 13.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Carbon County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 874 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County scores 54 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #995 of 2,222 scored counties.

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