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Pizza places in Wayne County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Wayne County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,823 of 2,090 scored counties
#71 of 85 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
30
23 chain locations (77%)
Official establishments
51
All limited-service restaurants · +13.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$89.2M
On food away from home · $3,307 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,169
−0.5% 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

For pizza places, Wayne County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,823 of 2,090 scored counties and #71 of 85 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Wayne County comes to about $89.2M a year: $3,307 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 pizza places, that is $3M per pizza place, 41% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Wayne County has 30 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (77%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Wayne County in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 529 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.2M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Wayne County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.110.68.0
Spending per listing$3M$3.6M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)529503478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.3%+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,307$3,802$4,070
Median household income$55,692$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2930

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
45 → 51All limited-service restaurants · +13.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,087
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3023 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$2.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
66,169−0.5% since 2020
Households
26,975
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
402 sq. mi.
People per square mile
165
Median household income
$55,692+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,425
Median home value
$140,200
Jobs located here
29,039
Daytime population
66,064Residents 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 Wayne 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
71Wayne County, IN293011.1$3M−0.5%#1,823 of 2,090

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Wayne County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 pizza places in Wayne County. 23 of them (77%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.3% 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 also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $89.2M a year, or $3,307 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 26,975 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 11.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Wayne County would have about 18, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 529 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 66,169 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,975 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $55,692, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Wayne County scores 29 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,823 of 2,090 scored counties.

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