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Pizza places in Lafayette County, MS
The pizza places in Lafayette County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,444 of 2,090 scored counties
#23 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 21
- 12 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $70.6M
- On food away from home · $3,705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,597
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Lafayette County comes to about $70.6M a year: $3,705 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Lafayette County has 21 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (57%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 11.0 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Lafayette County in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. That is one for every 312 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. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lafayette County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lafayette County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,444 of 2,090 scored counties and #23 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Lafayette 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.
| Measure | Lafayette County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 5.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $5.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 312 | 459 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.2% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,705 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,185 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58 → 61All limited-service restaurants · +5.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,742
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,597+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 19,044
- Median age
- 34.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $67,185+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,704
- Median home value
- $315,400
- Jobs located here
- 26,887
- Daytime population
- 62,270Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pearl River County, MS | 69 | 9 | 4.1 | $8M | +5.6% | #328 of 2,090 |
| 2Marshall County, MS | 66 | 7 | 5.3 | $6M | +2.6% | #440 of 2,090 |
| 3Madison County, MS | 65 | 27 | 6.1 | $6.7M | +6.5% | #470 of 2,090 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 64 | 9 | 4.4 | $8.1M | +1.6% | #497 of 2,090 |
| 5Jackson County, MS | 63 | 36 | 6.2 | $5.7M | +3.0% | #542 of 2,090 |
| 6George County, MS | 61 | 5 | 5.4 | $6.3M | +8.1% | #606 of 2,090 |
| 7DeSoto County, MS | 59 | 54 | 7.6 | $5.2M | +6.3% | #684 of 2,090 |
| 8Panola County, MS | 53 | 5 | 4.1 | $7.5M | −1.4% | #883 of 2,090 |
| 9Tishomingo County, MS | 52 | 5 | 5.7 | $5.6M | −1.1% | #929 of 2,090 |
| 10Lamar County, MS | 52 | 18 | 7.1 | $5.2M | +4.7% | #936 of 2,090 |
| 23Lafayette County, MS | 40 | 21 | 11.0 | $3.4M | +6.6% | #1,444 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Lafayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Lafayette County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 pizza places in Lafayette County. 12 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lafayette County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $70.6M a year, or $3,705 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 19,044 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette County, MS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Lafayette County has 11.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 312 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette County at 59,597 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,044 households. Median household income in Lafayette County is $67,185, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. Lafayette County scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,444 of 2,090 scored counties.
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