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Pizza places in Ward County, ND
The pizza places in Ward County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,632 of 2,090 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 36
- 31 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- All limited-service restaurants · +13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $113.9M
- On food away from home · $3,985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,233
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Ward County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,632 of 2,090 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 pizza places in Ward County. 31 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Ward County comes to about $113.9M a year: $3,985 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 38% 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 59 businesses with payroll in Ward County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 484 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ward County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ward County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ward County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Ward County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 10.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 484 | 649 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.5% | +2.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,985 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,238 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 59All limited-service restaurants · +13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,248
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3631 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ward 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 Ward County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,233−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 28,568
- Median age
- 35.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,013 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $78,238+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,307
- Median home value
- $267,100
- Jobs located here
- 30,323
- Daytime population
- 68,012Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for pizza places, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Ward County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burleigh County, ND | 77 | 25 | 6.1 | $7M | +4.7% | #132 of 2,090 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 69 | 13 | 9.3 | $4.3M | +3.8% | #356 of 2,090 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 67 | 74 | 8.8 | $4.5M | +9.1% | #424 of 2,090 |
| 4Richland County, ND | 65 | 6 | 8.8 | $4.4M | +1.2% | #487 of 2,090 |
| 5McKenzie County, ND | 64 | 9 | 15.0 | $3.1M | +2.8% | #526 of 2,090 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 61 | 10 | 7.4 | $5.3M | +0.5% | #614 of 2,090 |
| 7Williams County, ND | 59 | 13 | 8.6 | $5M | +1.4% | #685 of 2,090 |
| 8Stutsman County, ND | 55 | 7 | 7.4 | $4.8M | −0.6% | #829 of 2,090 |
| 9Grand Forks County, ND | 51 | 30 | 9.6 | $3.9M | +1.9% | #987 of 2,090 |
| 10Walsh County, ND | 47 | 5 | 11.4 | $3.3M | −3.3% | #1,162 of 2,090 |
| 11Ward County, ND | 35 | 36 | 12.6 | $3.2M | −2.4% | #1,632 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Ward County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Ward County, ND?
There are 36 pizza places on map listings in Ward County as of September 2026. 31 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Ward County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $113.9M a year, or $3,985 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,568 households in Ward County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ward County, ND compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Ward County has 12.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.2M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Ward County would have about 22, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 484 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ward County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Ward County at 68,233 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,568 households. The median household income in Ward County is $78,238 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% 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. Ward County scores 35 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,632 of 2,090 scored counties.
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