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Pizza places in Mono County, CA
How Mono 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,955 of 2,090 scored counties
#53 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- All limited-service restaurants · −4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $25.6M
- On food away from home · $4,451 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.4
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,505
- −5.4% since 2020
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What this means
Mono County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,955 of 2,090 scored counties and #53 of 53 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $4,451 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Mono County spend about $25.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 10 pizza places on map listings in Mono County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 20%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 17.4 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Mono County was 24 in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 239 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.3M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Mono County. Population estimates show Mono County declined 5.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mono 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 | Mono County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $6.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 239 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.0% | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,451 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,415 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 24All limited-service restaurants · −4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 237
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Mono 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 Mono County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,505−5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,744
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,049 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $99,415+59.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,063
- Median home value
- $639,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,322
- Daytime population
- 14,737Residents 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 |
| 53Mono County, CA | 23 | 10 | 17.4 | $2.6M | −5.4% | #1,955 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Mono County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pizza places in Mono County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Mono County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $25.6M a year, or $4,451 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,744 households in Mono County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mono County, CA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Mono County has 17.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Mono County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 239 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Mono County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Mono County at 12,505 people in 2025, down 5.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,744 households. Median household income in Mono County is $99,415, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 59.7%, 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. Mono County scores 23 for pizza places (low), #1,955 of 2,090 scored counties.
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