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Pizza places in Mariposa County, CA
How Mariposa County, CA 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #650 of 2,090 scored counties
#16 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $27.7M
- On food away from home · $3,694 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,918
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Mariposa County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, 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.
At $3,694 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Mariposa County spend about $27.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 6 pizza places, that is $4.6M per pizza place, 9% 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.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Mariposa County in 2023. That is one for every 939 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. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Mariposa County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Mariposa County is 60 (upper middle), #650 of 2,090 scored counties and #16 of 53 scored counties in California.
How Mariposa County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Mariposa County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 939 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,694 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,412 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Mariposa 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 Mariposa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,918−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,508
- Median age
- 51.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,449 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $68,412+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,438
- Median home value
- $387,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,459
- Daytime population
- 13,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 84 | 15 | 5.2 | $7.2M | +8.2% | #46 of 2,090 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 82 | 14 | 6.8 | $7.2M | +8.6% | #56 of 2,090 |
| 3Nevada County, CA | 74 | 26 | 6.1 | $7.1M | −0.4% | #186 of 2,090 |
| 4Amador County, CA | 70 | 14 | 8.7 | $4.7M | +3.2% | #320 of 2,090 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 69 | 266 | 6.4 | $8.1M | +0.3% | #327 of 2,090 |
| 6San Joaquin County, CA | 69 | 159 | 6.5 | $6.6M | +5.5% | #334 of 2,090 |
| 7Napa County, CA | 68 | 32 | 6.4 | $7.6M | −3.3% | #358 of 2,090 |
| 8Marin County, CA | 67 | 62 | 6.0 | $9.2M | −2.9% | #384 of 2,090 |
| 9Riverside County, CA | 67 | 476 | 6.1 | $7M | +5.0% | #387 of 2,090 |
| 10Solano County, CA | 66 | 104 | 6.6 | $6.8M | +0.6% | #434 of 2,090 |
| 16Mariposa County, CA | 60 | 6 | 8.0 | $4.6M | −1.2% | #650 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Mariposa County, CA?
Mariposa County has 6 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 8 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. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Mariposa County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $27.7M a year, or $3,694 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,508 households in Mariposa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mariposa County, CA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Mariposa 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 $4.6M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 939 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Mariposa County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Mariposa County at 16,918 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,508 households. The median household income in Mariposa County is $68,412 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. Mariposa County scores 60 for pizza places (upper middle), #650 of 2,090 scored counties.
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