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Pizza places in Wharton County, TX
The pizza places in Wharton County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #633 of 2,090 scored counties
#60 of 122 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 8 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- All limited-service restaurants · −11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.6M
- On food away from home · $3,623 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,060
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pizza places in Wharton County. Chain locations make up 89% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 29% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Wharton County comes to about $57.6M a year: $3,623 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 26% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in Wharton County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 513 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. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $727K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Wharton County.
Population estimates show Wharton County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Wharton County is 60 (upper middle), #633 of 2,090 scored counties and #60 of 122 scored counties in Texas.
How Wharton 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 | Wharton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 513 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.4% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,623 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,924 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 31All limited-service restaurants · −11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 647
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 98 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $727K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Wharton 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 Wharton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,060+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,890
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,086 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $66,924+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,050
- Median home value
- $189,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,145
- Daytime population
- 34,718Residents 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 |
| 60Wharton County, TX | 60 | 9 | 5.7 | $6.4M | +1.2% | #633 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Wharton County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Wharton County, TX?
Wharton County has 9 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wharton County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $57.6M a year, or $3,623 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,890 households in Wharton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wharton County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Wharton County has 5.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.4M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Wharton County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Wharton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wharton County at 42,060 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,890 households. The median household income in Wharton County is $66,924 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.5% 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. 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. Wharton County scores 60 for pizza places (upper middle), #633 of 2,090 scored counties.
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