Food and drink · Small-town market · Iowa
Pizza places in the Oskaloosa, IA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Oskaloosa, IA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #352 of 520 scored small-town markets
#9 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 14
- 12 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $31.6M
- On food away from home · $3,612 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,880
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Oskaloosa area comes to about $31.6M a year: $3,612 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 pizza places, that is $2.3M per pizza place, 56% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
The Oskaloosa area has 14 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Oskaloosa area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 673 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oskaloosa area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Oskaloosa area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #352 of 520 scored small-town markets and #9 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Iowa.
How the Oskaloosa area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Oskaloosa area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 11.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.3M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 673 | 628 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,612 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,940 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 243
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Oskaloosa 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 Oskaloosa area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,880−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,743
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $70,940+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,932
- Median home value
- $157,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,845
- Daytime population
- 19,874Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for pizza places, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Oskaloosa area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Le Mars, IA | 57 | 12 | 11.6 | $3.4M | 0.0% | #182 of 520 |
| 2Marshalltown, IA | 55 | 17 | 11.0 | $3.3M | −0.5% | #214 of 520 |
| 3Pella, IA | 53 | 15 | 11.3 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #228 of 520 |
| 4Storm Lake, IA | 52 | 10 | 13.3 | $2.9M | −1.7% | #237 of 520 |
| 5Carroll, IA | 51 | 8 | 9.1 | $4.1M | −2.0% | #243 of 520 |
| 6Fort Dodge, IA | 50 | 17 | 11.1 | $3.2M | −0.4% | #259 of 520 |
| 7Mason City, IA | 47 | 24 | 10.6 | $3.5M | −1.5% | #291 of 520 |
| 8Clinton, IA | 43 | 23 | 11.8 | $3.1M | −0.9% | #325 of 520 |
| 9Oskaloosa, IA | 41 | 14 | 16.0 | $2.3M | −1.2% | #352 of 520 |
| 10Fort Madison, IA | 38 | 19 | 13.3 | $2.6M | −3.6% | #386 of 520 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Oskaloosa, IA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pizza places in the Oskaloosa area. 12 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
How much do households in the Oskaloosa, IA area spend on food away from home?
About $31.6M a year, or $3,612 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 8,743 households in the Oskaloosa area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oskaloosa, IA area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Oskaloosa area has 16.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.3M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Oskaloosa area would have about 6, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 673 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Oskaloosa, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Oskaloosa area at 21,880 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,743 households. Median household income in the Oskaloosa area is $70,940, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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 Oskaloosa area scores 41 for pizza places (lower middle), #352 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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