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Pizza places in the Taylorville, IL area

How the Taylorville, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #351 of 520 scored small-town markets
#8 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois

Listings
19
15 chain locations (79%)
Official establishments
18
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$47.4M
On food away from home · $3,488 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
75% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,443
−1.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 pizza places in the Taylorville area. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 14.0 per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in the Taylorville area comes to about $47.4M a year: $3,488 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 pizza places, that is $2.5M per pizza place, 51% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Taylorville area classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 755 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $910K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Taylorville area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Taylorville area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Taylorville area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #351 of 520 scored small-town markets and #8 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.

How the Taylorville area 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 Taylorville, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureTaylorville areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.08.98.0
Spending per listing$2.5M$4.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)755474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,488$4,215$4,070
Median household income$62,611$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4136

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
458
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1915 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$910K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Taylorville area, 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 the Taylorville area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,443−1.5% since 2020
Households
13,586
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
710 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$62,611+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,611
Median home value
$115,500
Jobs located here
9,795
Daytime population
28,548Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for pizza places, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Taylorville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Freeport, IL58157.7$4.5M−3.0%#168 of 520
2Quincy, IL-MO57278.7$4.1M−2.0%#177 of 520
3Sterling, IL53229.5$3.8M−2.6%#227 of 520
4Rochelle, IL522713.0$3M−0.7%#236 of 520
5Lincoln, IL501210.7$3.4M−2.5%#258 of 520
6Dixon, IL461712.7$2.9M−3.4%#302 of 520
7Pontiac, IL422416.4$2.3M−2.1%#337 of 520
8Taylorville, IL411914.0$2.5M−1.5%#351 of 520
9Ottawa, IL408914.4$2.6M−1.6%#361 of 520
10Canton, IL392014.5$2.4M−2.0%#375 of 520

Other business types in the Taylorville area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Taylorville, IL area?

The Taylorville area has 19 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 18 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.

How much do households in the Taylorville, IL area spend on food away from home?

About $47.4M a year, or $3,488 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,586 households in the Taylorville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Taylorville, IL area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Taylorville area has 14.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.5M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Taylorville area would have about 9, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 755 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Taylorville, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Taylorville area at 33,443 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,586 households. The median household income in the Taylorville area is $62,611 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Taylorville area scores 41 for pizza places (lower middle), #351 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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