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Pizza places in Windham County, VT

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,699 of 2,090 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in Vermont

Listings
22
8 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
44
All limited-service restaurants · +12.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$74.7M
On food away from home · $3,778 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,204
−1.4% since 2020

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What this means

For pizza places, Windham County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,699 of 2,090 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Windham County comes to about $74.7M a year: $3,778 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per pizza place, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Windham County has 22 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 36%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in Windham County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 450 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $429K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Windham County. Population estimates put the population change in Windham County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Windham County compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Windham County, VT compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureWindham CountyVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.17.28.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$5.6M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)450629478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.8%+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,778$4,013$4,070
Median household income$72,217$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score3362

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39 → 44All limited-service restaurants · +12.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
489
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
228 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$429K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
45,204−1.4% since 2020
Households
19,784
Median age
46.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
786 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$72,217+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,781
Median home value
$279,600
Jobs located here
21,744
Daytime population
48,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Vermont

Counties in Vermont ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Franklin County, VT8384.0$9.8M+2.3%#49 of 2,090
2Orleans County, VT7754.1$8.8M+0.7%#129 of 2,090
3Chittenden County, VT66547.6$5.8M+0.4%#445 of 2,090
4Washington County, VT65207.7$5.2M−0.2%#481 of 2,090
5Windsor County, VT64166.3$6.3M−0.7%#500 of 2,090
6Bennington County, VT51138.7$4.4M−1.8%#981 of 2,090
7Rutland County, VT50218.3$4.4M−1.4%#1,020 of 2,090
8Caledonia County, VT49129.2$4M+0.8%#1,077 of 2,090
9Lamoille County, VT481613.4$2.9M+1.4%#1,129 of 2,090
10Windham County, VT332211.1$3.4M−1.4%#1,699 of 2,090

Other business types in Windham County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Windham County, VT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 pizza places in Windham County. 8 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Windham County, VT spend on food away from home?

About $74.7M a year, or $3,778 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 19,784 households in Windham County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Windham County, VT compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Windham County has 11.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Windham County would have about 15, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 450 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Windham County, VT growing?

Population estimates put Windham County at 45,204 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,784 households. Median household income in Windham County is $72,217, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.9%, 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. Windham County scores 33 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,699 of 2,090 scored counties.

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