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Pizza places in McDonough County, IL
How McDonough County, IL 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,975 of 2,090 scored counties
#78 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 15
- 10 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- All limited-service restaurants · −12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,251 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,916
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, McDonough County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,975 of 2,090 scored counties and #78 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,251 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in McDonough County spend about $38.5M a year on food away from home. Spread across 15 pizza places, that is $2.6M per pizza place, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 15 pizza places on map listings in McDonough County as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 67%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.7, 59% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in McDonough County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 565 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. Population estimates show McDonough County declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How McDonough County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | McDonough County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 565 | 474 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.5% | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,251 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,795 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 21All limited-service restaurants · −12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 399
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 McDonough 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 McDonough County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,916−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 11,856
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 589 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $52,795+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,521
- Median home value
- $107,500
- Jobs located here
- 9,784
- Daytime population
- 25,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 71 | 36 | 7.9 | $6.1M | +9.9% | #275 of 2,090 |
| 2Monroe County, IL | 68 | 11 | 7.9 | $5.8M | −0.3% | #370 of 2,090 |
| 3Kane County, IL | 64 | 163 | 8.8 | $5.3M | +1.8% | #510 of 2,090 |
| 4McHenry County, IL | 63 | 109 | 9.3 | $5.1M | +2.5% | #554 of 2,090 |
| 5Lake County, IL | 62 | 211 | 8.2 | $6.1M | +0.8% | #578 of 2,090 |
| 6Boone County, IL | 62 | 16 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +0.4% | #586 of 2,090 |
| 7Will County, IL | 60 | 215 | 8.8 | $5.5M | +2.2% | #638 of 2,090 |
| 8Piatt County, IL | 59 | 9 | 13.0 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #701 of 2,090 |
| 9Jo Daviess County, IL | 58 | 9 | 8.7 | $4.5M | −2.2% | #729 of 2,090 |
| 10Woodford County, IL | 57 | 19 | 12.9 | $3.4M | −0.8% | #772 of 2,090 |
| 78McDonough County, IL | 22 | 15 | 12.7 | $2.6M | −4.5% | #1,975 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in McDonough County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pizza places in McDonough County. 10 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
How much do households in McDonough County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,251 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 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 11,856 households in McDonough County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDonough County, IL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
McDonough County has 12.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, McDonough County would have about 8, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 565 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is McDonough County, IL growing?
Population estimates put McDonough County at 25,916 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,856 households. Median household income in McDonough County is $52,795, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.7%, 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. McDonough County scores 22 for pizza places (low), #1,975 of 2,090 scored counties.
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