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Pizza places in Erath County, TX

The pizza places in Erath County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,180 of 2,090 scored counties
#90 of 122 scored counties in Texas

Listings
13
11 chain locations (85%)
Official establishments
37
All limited-service restaurants · −11.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$58.7M
On food away from home · $3,491 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,911
+2.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Erath County comes to about $58.7M a year: $3,491 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per pizza place, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Erath County has 13 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 85% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Erath County in 2023, down 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 454 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 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Erath County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Erath County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Erath County is 46 (lower middle), #1,180 of 2,090 scored counties and #90 of 122 scored counties in Texas.

How Erath 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.

Pizza in Erath County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureErath CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.76.58.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)454451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.9%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,491$3,970$4,070
Median household income$65,115$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4664

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 37All limited-service restaurants · −11.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
940
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1311 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
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Erath 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 Erath County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,911+2.8% since 2020
Households
16,816
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,083 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$65,115+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,669
Median home value
$269,100
Jobs located here
17,708
Daytime population
40,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Texas, with Erath County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bastrop County, TX90143.8$10.6M+21.3%#10 of 2,090
2Guadalupe County, TX90324.9$8.6M+15.8%#13 of 2,090
3Waller County, TX86105.5$7.5M+21.9%#30 of 2,090
4Aransas County, TX8354.0$9.1M+9.3%#50 of 2,090
5Lampasas County, TX8256.0$6.7M+9.0%#59 of 2,090
6Wood County, TX8184.3$8M+10.3%#63 of 2,090
7Burnet County, TX81125.7$6.9M+15.2%#66 of 2,090
8Wise County, TX81176.8$6.2M+21.5%#69 of 2,090
9Wilson County, TX8094.9$8.6M+12.2%#78 of 2,090
10Caldwell County, TX7974.2$8.5M+20.0%#93 of 2,090
90Erath County, TX46137.7$4.5M+2.8%#1,180 of 2,090

Other business types in Erath County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Erath County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pizza places in Erath County. 11 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.9% 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Erath County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $58.7M a year, or $3,491 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 16,816 households in Erath County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Erath County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Erath County has 7.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Erath County would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 454 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Erath County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Erath County at 43,911 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,816 households. Median household income in Erath County is $65,115, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Erath County scores 46 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,180 of 2,090 scored counties.

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