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Pizza places in the Pittsburg, KS area

How the Pittsburg, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #394 of 520 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
20
14 chain locations (70%)
Official establishments
23
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$50.5M
On food away from home · $3,187 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
50% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.6
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,008
+0.1% 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, the Pittsburg area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #394 of 520 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Pittsburg area spend about $50.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,187 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 pizza places, that is $2.5M per pizza place, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

The Pittsburg area has 20 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 70%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pittsburg area was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 689 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. Population estimates put the population change in the Pittsburg area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Pittsburg area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Pittsburg, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasurePittsburg areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.610.18.0
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)689526478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,187$3,910$4,070
Median household income$52,844$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score3738

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
586
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2014 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,008+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,838
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
590 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$52,844+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,498
Median home value
$132,600
Jobs located here
17,159
Daytime population
39,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Pittsburg area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hutchinson, KS55166.3$5.4M−0.6%#204 of 520
2Garden City, KS48129.1$4.2M−2.1%#274 of 520
3Ottawa, KS461615.4$2.4M+1.1%#303 of 520
4Atchison, KS42813.9$2.4M−0.9%#335 of 520
5McPherson, KS411814.8$2.6M−0.4%#350 of 520
6Dodge City, KS391714.4$2.6M−0.6%#373 of 520
7Arkansas City-Winfield, KS371410.5$3.2M−0.4%#392 of 520
8Pittsburg, KS372012.6$2.5M+0.1%#394 of 520
9Great Bend, KS341312.5$2.7M−2.5%#419 of 520
10Salina, KS312811.2$3.2M−1.4%#451 of 520

Other business types in the Pittsburg area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Pittsburg, KS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pizza places in the Pittsburg area. 14 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 23 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 Pittsburg, KS area spend on food away from home?

About $50.5M a year, or $3,187 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 15,838 households in the Pittsburg area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pittsburg, KS area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Pittsburg area has 12.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.5M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Pittsburg area would have about 10, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 689 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pittsburg, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Pittsburg area at 39,008 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,838 households. Median household income in the Pittsburg area is $52,844, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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 Pittsburg area scores 37 for pizza places (lower middle), #394 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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