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Pizza places in Tippecanoe County, IN

How Tippecanoe County, IN 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,475 of 2,090 scored counties
#53 of 85 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
73
55 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
165
All limited-service restaurants · +15.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$267.2M
On food away from home · $3,525 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.6
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
190,456
+2.2% 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

At $3,525 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Tippecanoe County spend about $267.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.7M per pizza place, 28% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 73 pizza places on map listings in Tippecanoe County as of September 2026. Of those, 55 are chain locations, or 75%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Tippecanoe County in 2023, up 15.4% from 2019. That is one for every 459 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. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Tippecanoe County.

Population estimates put the population change in Tippecanoe County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Tippecanoe County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,475 of 2,090 scored counties and #53 of 85 scored counties in Indiana.

How Tippecanoe 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.

Pizza in Tippecanoe County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureTippecanoe CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.610.68.0
Spending per listing$3.7M$3.6M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)459503478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.4%+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,525$3,802$4,070
Median household income$60,636$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score3930

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
143 → 165All limited-service restaurants · +15.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,152
Annual payroll, 2023
$70.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
20All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7355 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County

Population, 2025 estimate
190,456+2.2% since 2020
Households
75,808
Median age
33.6
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
499 sq. mi.
People per square mile
379
Median household income
$60,636+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,483
Median home value
$239,300
Jobs located here
96,546
Daytime population
205,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for pizza places, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Tippecanoe County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN75339.9$4.5M+13.5%#180 of 2,090
2LaGrange County, IN74107.8$5.2M+1.9%#202 of 2,090
3Hamilton County, IN671359.8$5.3M+10.9%#413 of 2,090
4Boone County, IN673612.5$3.9M+13.5%#429 of 2,090
5Harrison County, IN66127.7$4.8M+1.9%#458 of 2,090
6Morgan County, IN653211.3$3.5M+4.4%#495 of 2,090
7Dearborn County, IN63188.9$4.5M+1.7%#562 of 2,090
8Hendricks County, IN62669.8$4.6M+10.2%#590 of 2,090
9Franklin County, IN6077.6$5.2M+2.2%#642 of 2,090
10Porter County, IN60568.2$5.1M+1.6%#644 of 2,090
53Tippecanoe County, IN39739.6$3.7M+2.2%#1,475 of 2,090

Other business types in Tippecanoe County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Tippecanoe County, IN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 73 pizza places in Tippecanoe County. 55 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Tippecanoe County, IN spend on food away from home?

About $267.2M a year, or $3,525 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 75,808 households in Tippecanoe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tippecanoe County, IN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Tippecanoe County has 9.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Tippecanoe County would have about 53, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 459 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Tippecanoe County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Tippecanoe County at 190,456 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,808 households. Median household income in Tippecanoe County is $60,636, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Tippecanoe County scores 39 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,475 of 2,090 scored counties.

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