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Pizza places in Delaware County, NY
The pizza places in Delaware County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,081 of 2,090 scored counties
#28 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $67.6M
- On food away from home · $3,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,305
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,519 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Delaware County spend about $67.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.8M per pizza place, 26% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Delaware County has 18 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.4, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in Delaware County classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 711 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 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Delaware County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Delaware County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,081 of 2,090 scored counties and #28 of 58 scored counties in New York.
How Delaware County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Delaware County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 711 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,519 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,337 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 27All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 405
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,305+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,203
- Median age
- 48.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,443 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $63,337+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,568
- Median home value
- $183,100
- Jobs located here
- 14,965
- Daytime population
- 42,128Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saratoga County, NY | 71 | 89 | 8.7 | $5.2M | +2.3% | #284 of 2,090 |
| 2Orleans County, NY | 68 | 8 | 4.9 | $7M | −0.5% | #361 of 2,090 |
| 3Lewis County, NY | 67 | 6 | 5.4 | $6.4M | −0.3% | #395 of 2,090 |
| 4Tioga County, NY | 65 | 14 | 6.9 | $5.4M | −1.9% | #479 of 2,090 |
| 5Westchester County, NY | 64 | 312 | 8.4 | $6.1M | +1.4% | #503 of 2,090 |
| 6Seneca County, NY | 61 | 7 | 5.1 | $6.9M | −1.7% | #603 of 2,090 |
| 7St. Lawrence County, NY | 59 | 21 | 5.0 | $6.8M | −2.5% | #670 of 2,090 |
| 8Putnam County, NY | 59 | 34 | 9.6 | $5.3M | +1.4% | #682 of 2,090 |
| 9Nassau County, NY | 58 | 403 | 8.8 | $6.3M | +0.6% | #704 of 2,090 |
| 10Rockland County, NY | 58 | 104 | 10.0 | $4.8M | +5.9% | #723 of 2,090 |
| 28Delaware County, NY | 49 | 18 | 9.4 | $3.8M | +0.2% | #1,081 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Delaware 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 Delaware County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pizza places in Delaware County. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Delaware County, NY spend on food away from home?
About $67.6M a year, or $3,519 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 19,203 households in Delaware County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Delaware County, NY compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Delaware County has 9.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Delaware County would have about 13, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 711 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Delaware County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Delaware County at 44,305 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,203 households. Median household income in Delaware County is $63,337, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.8%, 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. Delaware County scores 49 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,081 of 2,090 scored counties.
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