Food and drink · Small-town market · Indiana
Pizza places in the New Castle, IN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the New Castle, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #363 of 520 scored small-town markets
#15 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 26
- 14 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.7M
- On food away from home · $3,418 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 74% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,137
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 pizza places in the New Castle area. 14 of them (54%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the New Castle area spend about $63.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,418 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 52% 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 29 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the New Castle area in 2023, up 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 643 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $490K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the New Castle area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New Castle area grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The New Castle area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #363 of 520 scored small-town markets and #15 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the New Castle area 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 | New Castle area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 10.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 643 | 503 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.6% | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,418 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,150 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29All limited-service restaurants · +3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 528
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $490K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the New Castle 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 New Castle area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,137+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,642
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $63,150+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,133
- Median home value
- $154,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,829
- Daytime population
- 43,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for pizza places, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the New Castle area marked.
Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bedford, IN | 66 | 17 | 8.9 | $4M | +1.2% | #109 of 520 |
| 2Warsaw, IN | 60 | 28 | 8.8 | $4.3M | +0.9% | #155 of 520 |
| 3Kendallville, IN | 58 | 17 | 9.4 | $3.9M | +1.0% | #171 of 520 |
| 4Angola, IN | 57 | 13 | 9.2 | $4.1M | +1.0% | #178 of 520 |
| 5Huntington, IN | 54 | 16 | 10.4 | $3.4M | +1.6% | #222 of 520 |
| 6Decatur, IN | 52 | 17 | 13.7 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #238 of 520 |
| 7Greencastle, IN | 51 | 23 | 16.3 | $2.3M | +3.2% | #248 of 520 |
| 8Washington, IN | 51 | 20 | 16.9 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #249 of 520 |
| 9Monticello, IN | 50 | 21 | 20.5 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #260 of 520 |
| 10Crawfordsville, IN | 48 | 29 | 18.6 | $2M | +2.7% | #283 of 520 |
| 15New Castle, IN | 40 | 26 | 13.9 | $2.5M | +0.5% | #363 of 520 |
Other business types in the New Castle area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the New Castle, IN area?
The New Castle area has 26 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New Castle, IN area spend on food away from home?
About $63.7M a year, or $3,418 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 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 18,642 households in the New Castle area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Castle, IN area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The New Castle area has 13.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.5M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the New Castle area would have about 13, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 643 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the New Castle, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the New Castle area at 49,137 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,642 households. The median household income in the New Castle area is $63,150 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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 New Castle area scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #363 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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