Food and drink · Small-town market · New Mexico
Pizza places in the Ruidoso, NM area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Ruidoso, NM area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #426 of 520 scored small-town markets
#10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 8
- 4 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $32.1M
- On food away from home · $3,209 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,844
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Ruidoso area is 33 (lower middle), #426 of 520 scored small-town markets and #10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Ruidoso area comes to about $32.1M a year: $3,209 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per pizza place, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 8 pizza places on map listings in the Ruidoso area as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 50%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Ruidoso area in 2023. That is one for every 500 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 Ruidoso area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ruidoso area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Ruidoso area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 500 | 507 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,209 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,303 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 84 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 Ruidoso 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 Ruidoso area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,844−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,000
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,831 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $53,303+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,624
- Median home value
- $233,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,275
- Daytime population
- 19,834Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for pizza places, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Ruidoso area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 70 | 12 | 5.1 | $7.6M | +0.3% | #72 of 520 |
| 2Alamogordo, NM | 70 | 16 | 6.5 | $5M | +3.7% | #74 of 520 |
| 3Española, NM | 65 | 9 | 5.8 | $5.8M | −1.0% | #113 of 520 |
| 4Taos, NM | 57 | 10 | 6.4 | $5.3M | +0.3% | #175 of 520 |
| 5Hobbs, NM | 55 | 16 | 6.5 | $5.6M | +0.2% | #203 of 520 |
| 6Clovis, NM | 48 | 15 | 5.8 | $5.5M | −3.3% | #271 of 520 |
| 7Las Vegas, NM | 47 | 9 | 6.5 | $4.7M | −3.2% | #287 of 520 |
| 8Roswell, NM | 36 | 18 | 7.6 | $4.2M | −2.7% | #397 of 520 |
| 9Deming, NM | 36 | 6 | 6.5 | $4.1M | −0.2% | #398 of 520 |
| 10Ruidoso, NM | 33 | 8 | 8.0 | $4M | −2.3% | #426 of 520 |
Other business types in the Ruidoso area
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 the Ruidoso, NM area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pizza places in the Ruidoso area. 4 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 20 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Ruidoso, NM area spend on food away from home?
About $32.1M a year, or $3,209 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $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 10,000 households in the Ruidoso area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ruidoso, NM area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Ruidoso area has 8.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Ruidoso area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 500 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ruidoso, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Ruidoso area at 19,844 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,000 households. Median household income in the Ruidoso area is $53,303, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.3%, 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 Ruidoso area scores 33 for pizza places (lower middle), #426 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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