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Pizza places in Jefferson County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Jefferson County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,605 of 2,090 scored counties
#62 of 85 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 10 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $45M
- On food away from home · $3,516 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,279
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Jefferson County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,605 of 2,090 scored counties and #62 of 85 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pizza places in Jefferson County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 63%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,516 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Jefferson County spend about $45M a year on food away from home. Spread across 16 pizza places, that is $2.8M per pizza place, 45% 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.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Jefferson County in 2023. That is one for every 556 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 $419K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Jefferson County. Population estimates show Jefferson County grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Jefferson 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 | Jefferson County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 556 | 503 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,516 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,577 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 23All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 572
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1610 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
- $419K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,279+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,790
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 91
- Median household income
- $64,577+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,160
- Median home value
- $194,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,163
- Daytime population
- 31,641Residents 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 |
| 62Jefferson County, IN | 36 | 16 | 12.5 | $2.8M | +0.6% | #1,605 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Jefferson County, IN?
There are 16 pizza places on map listings in Jefferson County as of September 2026. 10 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 23 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 Jefferson County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $45M a year, or $3,516 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,790 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, IN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Jefferson County has 12.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 9, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 556 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 33,279 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,790 households. The median household income in Jefferson County is $64,577 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.5% 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. 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. Jefferson County scores 36 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,605 of 2,090 scored counties.
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