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Pizza places in the Lufkin, TX area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Lufkin, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #202 of 520 scored small-town markets
#19 of 33 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
18
17 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
72
All limited-service restaurants · +20.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$107.6M
On food away from home · $3,334 a household
Spending per listing
$6M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
88,154
+1.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pizza places in the Lufkin area. Chain locations make up 94% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $3,334 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Lufkin area spend about $107.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 18% above 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 72 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Lufkin area in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 448 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. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $596K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Lufkin area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Lufkin area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Lufkin area is 55 (upper middle), #202 of 520 scored small-town markets and #19 of 33 scored small-town markets based in Texas.

How the Lufkin area 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 Lufkin, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLufkin areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.66.58.0
Spending per listing$6M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)448451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.0%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,334$3,970$4,070
Median household income$60,960$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5564

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
72All limited-service restaurants · +20.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,416
Annual payroll, 2023
$30M
One-person businesses, 2023
9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1817 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$596K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Lufkin 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 Lufkin area

Population, 2025 estimate
88,154+1.9% since 2020
Households
32,271
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
798 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$60,960+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,044
Median home value
$163,500
Jobs located here
36,671
Daytime population
87,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Lufkin area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bonham, TX8697.0$5.3M+9.2%#5 of 520
2Jacksonville, TX7894.9$6.9M+5.4%#24 of 520
3Granbury, TX76176.7$6.1M+13.6%#34 of 520
4Huntsville, TX75135.0$6.2M+9.5%#42 of 520
5Brenham, TX73117.1$5.3M+7.0%#55 of 520
6Sulphur Springs, TX6975.0$7.2M+6.1%#76 of 520
7Kerrville, TX69135.7$6.4M+2.5%#77 of 520
8Nacogdoches, TX68114.3$7.4M+2.2%#88 of 520
9Paris, TX68135.2$6.4M+2.6%#90 of 520
10Corsicana, TX67105.3$6.6M+8.2%#99 of 520
19Lufkin, TX55185.6$6M+1.9%#202 of 520

Other business types in the Lufkin area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Lufkin, TX area?

The Lufkin area has 18 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lufkin, TX area spend on food away from home?

About $107.6M a year, or $3,334 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,271 households in the Lufkin area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lufkin, TX area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Lufkin area has 5.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Lufkin area would have about 21, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 448 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lufkin, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Lufkin area at 88,154 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,271 households. The median household income in the Lufkin area is $60,960 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. 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 Lufkin area scores 55 for pizza places (upper middle), #202 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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