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Pizza places in Swain County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Swain County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All limited-service restaurants · −38.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19.8M
- On food away from home · $3,299 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,024
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pizza places in Swain County. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Swain County spend about $19.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,299 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 2% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Swain County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 38.1% from 2019. That is one for every 463 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Swain County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pizza places on map listings, Swain County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Swain County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Swain County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 463 | 504 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −38.1% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,299 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,349 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 13All limited-service restaurants · −38.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 232
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- 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
- 4The 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 Swain 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 Swain County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,024−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,013
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 528 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $52,349+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,062
- Median home value
- $207,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,242
- Daytime population
- 14,755Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, NC | 85 | 60 | 7.1 | $6.4M | +11.7% | #43 of 2,090 |
| 2Davie County, NC | 83 | 10 | 5.8 | $6.6M | +6.9% | #52 of 2,090 |
| 3Orange County, NC | 82 | 33 | 5.8 | $7.6M | +6.1% | #55 of 2,090 |
| 4Chatham County, NC | 81 | 28 | 8.5 | $5.3M | +11.0% | #76 of 2,090 |
| 5Hoke County, NC | 79 | 11 | 5.7 | $6.1M | +9.0% | #109 of 2,090 |
| 6Yadkin County, NC | 76 | 7 | 4.7 | $7.3M | +2.9% | #151 of 2,090 |
| 7Durham County, NC | 75 | 79 | 5.6 | $7.4M | +7.7% | #165 of 2,090 |
| 8Henderson County, NC | 75 | 29 | 5.7 | $6.4M | +5.0% | #171 of 2,090 |
| 9Pender County, NC | 75 | 16 | 6.3 | $6.2M | +19.0% | #172 of 2,090 |
| 10Stokes County, NC | 73 | 9 | 4.6 | $7M | +3.5% | #214 of 2,090 |
| Swain County, NC | Not scored | 4 | 6.7 | $5M | −0.6% |
Other business types in Swain 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 Swain County, NC?
Swain County has 4 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 38.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Swain County, NC spend on food away from home?
About $19.8M a year, or $3,299 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,013 households in Swain County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Swain County, NC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Swain County has 6.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 463 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 38.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Swain County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Swain County at 14,024 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,013 households. The median household income in Swain County is $52,349 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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. Swain 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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