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Pizza places in Caldwell County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Caldwell County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #93 of 2,090 scored counties
#10 of 122 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 4 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All limited-service restaurants · +22.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.2M
- On food away from home · $3,554 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.5M
- 66% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,150
- +20.0% since 2020
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What this means
Caldwell County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #93 of 2,090 scored counties and #10 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Household spending on food away from home in Caldwell County comes to about $59.2M a year: $3,554 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pizza places, that is $8.5M per pizza place, 66% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Caldwell County has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Caldwell County in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 617 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. Population estimates show Caldwell County grew 20.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Caldwell County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Caldwell County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.5M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 617 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.7% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,554 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,758 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 27All limited-service restaurants · +22.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 556
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 74 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,150+20.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,647
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $69,758+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,260
- Median home value
- $240,500
- Jobs located here
- 9,455
- Daytime population
- 36,190Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bastrop County, TX | 90 | 14 | 3.8 | $10.6M | +21.3% | #10 of 2,090 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 32 | 4.9 | $8.6M | +15.8% | #13 of 2,090 |
| 3Waller County, TX | 86 | 10 | 5.5 | $7.5M | +21.9% | #30 of 2,090 |
| 4Aransas County, TX | 83 | 5 | 4.0 | $9.1M | +9.3% | #50 of 2,090 |
| 5Lampasas County, TX | 82 | 5 | 6.0 | $6.7M | +9.0% | #59 of 2,090 |
| 6Wood County, TX | 81 | 8 | 4.3 | $8M | +10.3% | #63 of 2,090 |
| 7Burnet County, TX | 81 | 12 | 5.7 | $6.9M | +15.2% | #66 of 2,090 |
| 8Wise County, TX | 81 | 17 | 6.8 | $6.2M | +21.5% | #69 of 2,090 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 80 | 9 | 4.9 | $8.6M | +12.2% | #78 of 2,090 |
| 10Caldwell County, TX | 79 | 7 | 4.2 | $8.5M | +20.0% | #93 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Caldwell County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pizza places in Caldwell County. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 22.7% 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 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Caldwell County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $59.2M a year, or $3,554 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.5M 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 16,647 households in Caldwell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caldwell County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Caldwell County has 4.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.5M, 66% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Caldwell County would have about 12, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 617 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Caldwell County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Caldwell County at 55,150 people in 2025, up 20.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,647 households. Median household income in Caldwell County is $69,758, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Caldwell County scores 79 for pizza places (high), #93 of 2,090 scored counties.
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