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Pizza places in McKean County, PA
The pizza places in McKean County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,698 of 2,090 scored counties
#54 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 16
- 9 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $55M
- On food away from home · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,984
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in McKean County is 33 (lower middle), #1,698 of 2,090 scored counties and #54 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 pizza places in McKean County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.8, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,359 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in McKean County spend about $55M a year on food away from home. Spread across 16 pizza places, that is $3.4M per pizza place, 32% 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 28 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in McKean County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 585 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $240K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in McKean County. Population estimates show McKean County declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How McKean County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | McKean County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $3.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 585 | 538 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +2.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,359 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,905 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 28All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 395
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $240K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in McKean 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 McKean County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,984−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,369
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 980 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,905+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,484
- Median home value
- $104,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,613
- Daytime population
- 37,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 81 | 18 | 7.4 | $5.4M | +7.2% | #75 of 2,090 |
| 2Chester County, PA | 74 | 203 | 9.9 | $5.2M | +4.2% | #201 of 2,090 |
| 3Bradford County, PA | 69 | 9 | 3.7 | $9.6M | −0.6% | #325 of 2,090 |
| 4Perry County, PA | 69 | 15 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +2.1% | #354 of 2,090 |
| 5Juniata County, PA | 68 | 5 | 5.5 | $6.4M | −0.3% | #364 of 2,090 |
| 6Lancaster County, PA | 67 | 165 | 7.8 | $5.3M | +1.9% | #411 of 2,090 |
| 7Wayne County, PA | 66 | 13 | 6.2 | $5.6M | +1.1% | #449 of 2,090 |
| 8Butler County, PA | 66 | 76 | 9.4 | $4.5M | +3.2% | #463 of 2,090 |
| 9Berks County, PA | 64 | 136 | 8.3 | $4.7M | +2.7% | #517 of 2,090 |
| 10Franklin County, PA | 64 | 54 | 8.5 | $4.5M | +3.0% | #519 of 2,090 |
| 54McKean County, PA | 33 | 16 | 9.8 | $3.4M | −3.5% | #1,698 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in McKean County, PA?
McKean County has 16 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.
How much do households in McKean County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $55M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,369 households in McKean County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McKean County, PA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
McKean County has 9.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, McKean County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 585 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 McKean County, PA growing?
Population estimates put McKean County at 38,984 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,369 households. The median household income in McKean County is $62,905 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. McKean County scores 33 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,698 of 2,090 scored counties.
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