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Pizza places in Wabash County, IL

How Wabash 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 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,016 of 2,090 scored counties
#83 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
9
7 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
9
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$16.2M
On food away from home · $3,419 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
65% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.0
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,907
−3.6% 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

Wabash County scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #2,016 of 2,090 scored counties and #83 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $3,419 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Wabash County spend about $16.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 9 pizza places, that is $1.8M per pizza place, 65% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 9 pizza places on map listings in Wabash County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 78%, 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.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Wabash County in 2023. That is one for every 527 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wabash County declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wabash 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 Wabash County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWabash 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)527474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,419$4,215$4,070
Median household income$57,086$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2036

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
145
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
97 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Wabash 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 Wabash County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,907−3.6% since 2020
Households
4,740
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
223 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$57,086+12.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,404
Median home value
$104,900
Jobs located here
2,877
Daytime population
9,447Residents 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 Wabash 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
83Wabash County, IL20919.0$1.8M−3.6%#2,016 of 2,090

Other business types in Wabash County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Wabash County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pizza places in Wabash County. 7 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 9 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 Wabash County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $16.2M a year, or $3,419 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 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 4,740 households in Wabash County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wabash 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, 65% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Wabash County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 527 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Wabash County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Wabash County at 10,907 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,740 households. Median household income in Wabash County is $57,086, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.4%, 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. Wabash County scores 20 for pizza places (low), #2,016 of 2,090 scored counties.

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