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Pizza places in the Mitchell, SD area
The pizza places in the Mitchell, SD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #268 of 520 scored small-town markets
#4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 10
- 10 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On food away from home · $3,618 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,913
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Mitchell area comes to about $39.7M a year: $3,618 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 pizza places, that is $4M per pizza place, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
The Mitchell area has 10 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Mitchell area in 2023. That is one for every 499 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $587K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Mitchell area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mitchell area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, the Mitchell area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #268 of 520 scored small-town markets and #4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.
How the Mitchell area compares
The same measures for South 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 | Mitchell area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $3.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 499 | 587 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,618 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,101 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 547
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $587K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Mitchell 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 Mitchell area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,913+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,977
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,440 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $69,101
- Average household income
- $87,541
- Median home value
- $197,700
- Jobs located here
- 13,823
- Daytime population
- 25,767Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Dakota for pizza places, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with the Mitchell area marked.
Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pierre, SD | 75 | 6 | 7.0 | $5.6M | −0.5% | #43 of 520 |
| 2Huron, SD | 65 | 7 | 9.3 | $3.8M | +2.4% | #117 of 520 |
| 3Spearfish, SD | 61 | 12 | 10.0 | $3.7M | +14.0% | #147 of 520 |
| 4Mitchell, SD | 49 | 10 | 9.1 | $4M | +0.6% | #268 of 520 |
| 5Aberdeen, SD | 49 | 19 | 10.6 | $3.5M | −1.5% | #270 of 520 |
| 6Yankton, SD | 48 | 11 | 11.3 | $3.3M | +1.5% | #279 of 520 |
| 7Watertown, SD | 48 | 17 | 13.6 | $2.7M | +4.3% | #281 of 520 |
| 8Brookings, SD | 42 | 23 | 16.7 | $2.3M | +9.6% | #338 of 520 |
| 9Vermillion, SD | 39 | 8 | 14.4 | $2.4M | +0.2% | #374 of 520 |
Other business types in the Mitchell 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 Mitchell, SD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pizza places in the Mitchell area. 10 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 22 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mitchell, SD area spend on food away from home?
About $39.7M a year, or $3,618 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 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 10,977 households in the Mitchell area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mitchell, SD area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Mitchell area has 9.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Mitchell area would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 499 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mitchell, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Mitchell area at 25,913 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,977 households. Median household income in the Mitchell area is $69,101, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Mitchell area scores 49 for pizza places (lower middle), #268 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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