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Pizza places in Young County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,793 of 2,090 scored counties
#118 of 122 scored counties in Texas

Listings
8
5 chain locations (63%)
Official establishments
21
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$26.8M
On food away from home · $3,500 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,154
+1.7% 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

Young County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,793 of 2,090 scored counties and #118 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Young County spend about $26.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,500 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per pizza place, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Young County has 8 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Young County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 364 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 put the population change in Young County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Young 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 Young County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureYoung CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.56.58.0
Spending per listing$3.3M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)364451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,500$3,970$4,070
Median household income$68,010$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3064

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 21All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
379
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
85 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Young 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 Young County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,154+1.7% since 2020
Households
7,643
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
915 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$68,010+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,767
Median home value
$175,800
Jobs located here
6,560
Daytime population
16,034Residents 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 Young 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
118Young County, TX30810.5$3.3M+1.7%#1,793 of 2,090

Other business types in Young County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Young County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pizza places in Young County. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 21 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $26.8M a year, or $3,500 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 7,643 households in Young County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Young County has 10.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.3M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Young County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 364 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Young County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Young County at 18,154 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,643 households. Median household income in Young County is $68,010, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Young County scores 30 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,793 of 2,090 scored counties.

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