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Pizza places in Hancock County, IN
The pizza places in Hancock County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #180 of 2,090 scored counties
#1 of 85 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 33
- 21 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- All limited-service restaurants · +31.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $147.8M
- On food away from home · $4,416 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 90,969
- +13.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Hancock County is 75 (high), #180 of 2,090 scored counties and #1 of 85 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 pizza places in Hancock County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 64%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $4,416 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Hancock County spend about $147.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.5M per pizza place, 12% 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 50 businesses with payroll in Hancock County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 31.6% from 2019. That is one for every 669 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hancock County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hancock County grew 13.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Hancock County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 10.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $3.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 669 | 503 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +31.6% | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,416 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $93,186 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 50All limited-service restaurants · +31.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,214
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 90,969+13.5% since 2020
- Households
- 33,474
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 306 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $93,186+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,107
- Median home value
- $274,800
- Jobs located here
- 27,824
- Daytime population
- 66,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 75 | 33 | 9.9 | $4.5M | +13.5% | #180 of 2,090 |
| 2LaGrange County, IN | 74 | 10 | 7.8 | $5.2M | +1.9% | #202 of 2,090 |
| 3Hamilton County, IN | 67 | 135 | 9.8 | $5.3M | +10.9% | #413 of 2,090 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 67 | 36 | 12.5 | $3.9M | +13.5% | #429 of 2,090 |
| 5Harrison County, IN | 66 | 12 | 7.7 | $4.8M | +1.9% | #458 of 2,090 |
| 6Morgan County, IN | 65 | 32 | 11.3 | $3.5M | +4.4% | #495 of 2,090 |
| 7Dearborn County, IN | 63 | 18 | 8.9 | $4.5M | +1.7% | #562 of 2,090 |
| 8Hendricks County, IN | 62 | 66 | 9.8 | $4.6M | +10.2% | #590 of 2,090 |
| 9Franklin County, IN | 60 | 7 | 7.6 | $5.2M | +2.2% | #642 of 2,090 |
| 10Porter County, IN | 60 | 56 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +1.6% | #644 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Hancock County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Hancock County, IN?
There are 33 pizza places on map listings in Hancock County as of September 2026. 21 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 31.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hancock County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $147.8M a year, or $4,416 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,474 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, IN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hancock County has 9.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hancock County would have about 29, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 669 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 31.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Hancock County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 90,969 people in 2025, up 13.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,474 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $93,186 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. 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. Hancock County scores 75 for pizza places (high), #180 of 2,090 scored counties.
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