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Pizza places in Pike County, MS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,993 of 2,090 scored counties
#38 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
10
9 chain locations (90%)
Official establishments
41
All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$41.9M
On food away from home · $2,790 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,712
−3.7% 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, Pike County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #1,993 of 2,090 scored counties and #38 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pizza places in Pike County. 9 of them (90%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Pike County spend about $41.9M a year on food away from home, or $2,790 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pike County in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 366 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pike County declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pike 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 Pike County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.75.68.0
Spending per listing$4.2M$5.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)366459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.9%+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,790$3,288$4,070
Median household income$43,814$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score2034

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36 → 41All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,110
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
21All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
109 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,712−3.7% since 2020
Households
15,007
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$43,814+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,063
Median home value
$110,800
Jobs located here
15,021
Daytime population
39,086Residents 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 Pike 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
38Pike County, MS20106.7$4.2M−3.7%#1,993 of 2,090

Other business types in Pike County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Pike County, MS?

There are 10 pizza places on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. 9 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $41.9M a year, or $2,790 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,007 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pike County has 6.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pike County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 366 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pike County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 38,712 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,007 households. The median household income in Pike County is $43,814 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Pike County scores 20 for pizza places (low), #1,993 of 2,090 scored counties.

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