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Pizza places in Itawamba County, MS

How Itawamba County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
14
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$31.4M
On food away from home · $3,265 a household
Spending per listing
$7.9M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,152
+1.3% 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 $3,265 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Itawamba County spend about $31.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 4 pizza places, that is $7.9M per pizza place, 55% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Itawamba County has 4 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Itawamba County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 687 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 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Itawamba County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pizza places on map listings, Itawamba County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Itawamba County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Itawamba County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureItawamba CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.25.68.0
Spending per listing$7.9M$5.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)687459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,265$3,288$4,070
Median household income$55,546$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 14All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
271
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
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 Itawamba 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 Itawamba County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,152+1.3% since 2020
Households
9,619
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
533 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$55,546+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,884
Median home value
$142,400
Jobs located here
5,891
Daytime population
19,887Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Mississippi

Every Mississippi market ranked →

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pearl River County, MS6994.1$8M+5.6%#328 of 2,090
2Marshall County, MS6675.3$6M+2.6%#440 of 2,090
3Madison County, MS65276.1$6.7M+6.5%#470 of 2,090
4Hancock County, MS6494.4$8.1M+1.6%#497 of 2,090
5Jackson County, MS63366.2$5.7M+3.0%#542 of 2,090
6George County, MS6155.4$6.3M+8.1%#606 of 2,090
7DeSoto County, MS59547.6$5.2M+6.3%#684 of 2,090
8Panola County, MS5354.1$7.5M−1.4%#883 of 2,090
9Tishomingo County, MS5255.7$5.6M−1.1%#929 of 2,090
10Lamar County, MS52187.1$5.2M+4.7%#936 of 2,090
Itawamba County, MSNot scored44.2$7.9M+1.3%

Other business types in Itawamba County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Itawamba County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pizza places in Itawamba County. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 14 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Itawamba County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $31.4M a year, or $3,265 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.9M 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 9,619 households in Itawamba County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Itawamba County, MS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Itawamba County has 4.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.9M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Itawamba County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 687 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Itawamba County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Itawamba County at 24,152 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,619 households. Median household income in Itawamba County is $55,546, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. Itawamba County has no market score for pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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