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Pizza places in Perry County, IL

How Perry 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 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,965 of 2,090 scored counties
#77 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
15
11 chain locations (73%)
Official establishments
14
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$27.4M
On food away from home · $3,481 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
64% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.0
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,160
−3.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Perry County is 23 (low), #1,965 of 2,090 scored counties and #77 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Perry County comes to about $27.4M a year: $3,481 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 pizza places, that is $1.8M per pizza place, 64% 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 Perry County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 73% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 19.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Perry County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 563 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 $395K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Perry County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Perry County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Perry 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.

Pizza in Perry County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.08.98.0
Spending per listing$1.8M$4.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)563474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,481$4,215$4,070
Median household income$62,118$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2336

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 14All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
294
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1511 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
$395K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Perry 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 Perry County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,160−3.5% since 2020
Households
7,875
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
442 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$62,118+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,245
Median home value
$112,600
Jobs located here
4,717
Daytime population
17,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pizza places, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Perry County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL71367.9$6.1M+9.9%#275 of 2,090
2Monroe County, IL68117.9$5.8M−0.3%#370 of 2,090
3Kane County, IL641638.8$5.3M+1.8%#510 of 2,090
4McHenry County, IL631099.3$5.1M+2.5%#554 of 2,090
5Lake County, IL622118.2$6.1M+0.8%#578 of 2,090
6Boone County, IL62168.2$5.1M+0.4%#586 of 2,090
7Will County, IL602158.8$5.5M+2.2%#638 of 2,090
8Piatt County, IL59913.0$3.3M+0.6%#701 of 2,090
9Jo Daviess County, IL5898.7$4.5M−2.2%#729 of 2,090
10Woodford County, IL571912.9$3.4M−0.8%#772 of 2,090
77Perry County, IL231519.0$1.8M−3.5%#1,965 of 2,090

Other business types in Perry County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Perry County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pizza places in Perry County. 11 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 Perry County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $27.4M a year, or $3,481 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 7,875 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Perry County, IL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Perry County has 19.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.8M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Perry County would have about 5, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 563 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Perry County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 20,160 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,875 households. Median household income in Perry County is $62,118, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.5%, 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. Perry County scores 23 for pizza places (low), #1,965 of 2,090 scored counties.

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