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Pizza places in Panola County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Panola County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $31.8M
- On food away from home · $3,579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.6M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,018
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,579 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Panola County spend about $31.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 3 pizza places, that is $10.6M per pizza place, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 3 pizza places on map listings in Panola County as of September 2026. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Panola County in 2023. That is one for every 593 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Panola County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pizza places on map listings, Panola County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Panola 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 | Panola County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.6M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 593 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,579 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,894 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 15All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 318
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Panola 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 Panola County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,018+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,898
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $64,894+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,837
- Median home value
- $158,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,678
- Daytime population
- 21,066Residents 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 |
| Panola County, TX | Not scored | 3 | 3.4 | $10.6M | +2.3% |
Other business types in Panola County
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 Panola County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 pizza places in Panola County. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 15 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Panola County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $31.8M a year, or $3,579 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $10.6M 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 8,898 households in Panola County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Panola County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Panola County has 3.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $10.6M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Panola County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 593 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Panola County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Panola County at 23,018 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,898 households. Median household income in Panola County is $64,894, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Panola County has no market score for pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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