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Pizza places in Patrick County, VA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,492 of 2,090 scored counties
#63 of 95 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
9
9 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
7
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$25.3M
On food away from home · $3,249 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,424
−0.9% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Patrick County comes to about $25.3M a year: $3,249 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 pizza places, that is $2.8M per pizza place, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Patrick County has 9 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Patrick County in 2023. That is one for every 1,112 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Patrick County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, Patrick County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,492 of 2,090 scored counties and #63 of 95 scored counties in Virginia.

How Patrick County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Patrick County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasurePatrick CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.67.58.0
Spending per listing$2.8M$5.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,112471478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,249$4,372$4,070
Median household income$53,038$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3959

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
53
Annual payroll, 2023
$825K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
99 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 Patrick 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 Patrick County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,424−0.9% since 2020
Households
7,781
Median age
50.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$53,038+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,016
Median home value
$153,400
Jobs located here
4,064
Daytime population
14,956Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Kent County, VA9855.4$8.9M+21.2%#1 of 2,090
2Powhatan County, VA9376.2$7.5M+7.0%#2 of 2,090
3Frederick County, VA91174.8$9.2M+8.8%#7 of 2,090
4Caroline County, VA9165.0$8.1M+11.3%#8 of 2,090
5Albemarle County, VA90214.6$10.1M+5.1%#11 of 2,090
6Rockingham County, VA88164.9$7.9M+6.6%#17 of 2,090
7Louisa County, VA88106.4$6.3M+13.6%#21 of 2,090
8Isle of Wight County, VA8585.1$8.4M+6.7%#36 of 2,090
9James City County, VA85216.6$7.1M+6.2%#41 of 2,090
10Culpeper County, VA83115.8$7.5M+9.3%#51 of 2,090
63Patrick County, VA39911.6$2.8M−0.9%#1,492 of 2,090

Other business types in Patrick County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Patrick County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pizza places in Patrick County. 9 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 7 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.

How much do households in Patrick County, VA spend on food away from home?

About $25.3M a year, or $3,249 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 7,781 households in Patrick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Patrick County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Patrick County has 11.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Patrick County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,112 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Patrick County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Patrick County at 17,424 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,781 households. Median household income in Patrick County is $53,038, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Patrick County scores 39 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,492 of 2,090 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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