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Pizza places in Hempstead County, AR
How Hempstead County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,018 of 2,090 scored counties
#43 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 5 chain locations (83%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On food away from home · $2,919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,080
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Hempstead County is 19 (low), #2,018 of 2,090 scored counties and #43 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pizza places in Hempstead County. 5 of them (83%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Hempstead County comes to about $21.8M a year: $2,919 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Hempstead County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 440 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Population estimates put the population change in Hempstead County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hempstead County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places 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 | Hempstead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 440 | 506 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,919 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,787 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 312
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 65 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Hempstead 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 pizza places.
Population and households in Hempstead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,080−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,479
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $46,787+9.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,285
- Median home value
- $105,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,836
- Daytime population
- 19,457Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Hempstead County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 71 | 93 | 8.3 | $5.2M | +16.0% | #285 of 2,090 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 68 | 36 | 7.2 | $5.3M | +7.6% | #373 of 2,090 |
| 3Hot Spring County, AR | 62 | 6 | 4.9 | $6.4M | +1.1% | #575 of 2,090 |
| 4Marion County, AR | 60 | 5 | 6.5 | $4.5M | +4.3% | #653 of 2,090 |
| 5Greene County, AR | 58 | 10 | 5.6 | $5.8M | +3.4% | #711 of 2,090 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 57 | 25 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +3.5% | #759 of 2,090 |
| 7Miller County, AR | 54 | 8 | 4.9 | $6.2M | −0.5% | #852 of 2,090 |
| 8Polk County, AR | 54 | 5 | 6.3 | $4.8M | +1.6% | #860 of 2,090 |
| 9Johnson County, AR | 53 | 5 | 4.8 | $5.9M | +2.0% | #886 of 2,090 |
| 10Logan County, AR | 53 | 7 | 8.2 | $4M | +2.5% | #913 of 2,090 |
| 43Hempstead County, AR | 19 | 6 | 8.0 | $3.6M | −4.6% | #2,018 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Hempstead County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Hempstead County, AR?
There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Hempstead County as of September 2026. 5 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hempstead County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $21.8M a year, or $2,919 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,479 households in Hempstead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hempstead County, AR compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hempstead County has 8.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.6M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hempstead County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 440 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Hempstead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hempstead County at 19,080 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,479 households. The median household income in Hempstead County is $46,787 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.2% 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. Hempstead County scores 19 for pizza places (low), #2,018 of 2,090 scored counties.
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