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Pizza places in Pope County, IL
The pizza places in Pope County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On food away from home · $3,459 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,672
- −2.2% since 2020
See the pizza places around any address in Pope County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pizza places in Pope County. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households.
At $3,459 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Pope County spend about $4.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pope County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pope County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Pope 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 | Pope County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | n/a | 474 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,459 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,050 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Pope 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 Pope County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,672−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 1,385
- Median age
- 54.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 369 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $60,050
- Average household income
- $76,225
- Median home value
- $143,800
- Jobs located here
- 589
- Daytime population
- 2,871Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Pope County?
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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 |
| Pope County, IL | Not scored | 2 | 14.4 | $2.4M | −2.2% |
Other business types in Pope County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pizza places are in Pope County, IL?
There are 2 pizza places on map listings in Pope County as of September 2026. The listings count pizza restaurants. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Pope County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Pope County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $4.8M a year, or $3,459 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,385 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pope County, IL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Pope County has 2 pizza places on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pope County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Pope County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Pope County at 3,672 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,385 households. The median household income in Pope County is $60,050 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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