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Pizza places in Waynesboro city, VA
The pizza places in Waynesboro city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,665 of 2,090 scored counties
#68 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 7 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- All limited-service restaurants · +7.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33M
- On food away from home · $3,351 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,951
- +7.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Waynesboro city is 34 (lower middle), #1,665 of 2,090 scored counties and #68 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Waynesboro city comes to about $33M a year: $3,351 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 10 pizza places on map listings in Waynesboro city as of September 2026. 7 of them (70%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in Waynesboro city classed as limited-service restaurants, up 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 351 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $209K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Waynesboro city. Population estimates show Waynesboro city grew 7.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Waynesboro city 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.
| Measure | Waynesboro city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 351 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.7% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,351 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,994 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 28All limited-service restaurants · +7.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 679
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $209K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Waynesboro city, 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 Waynesboro city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,951+7.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,841
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 15 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,526
- Median household income
- $59,994+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,683
- Median home value
- $245,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,308
- Daytime population
- 22,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Kent County, VA | 98 | 5 | 5.4 | $8.9M | +21.2% | #1 of 2,090 |
| 2Powhatan County, VA | 93 | 7 | 6.2 | $7.5M | +7.0% | #2 of 2,090 |
| 3Frederick County, VA | 91 | 17 | 4.8 | $9.2M | +8.8% | #7 of 2,090 |
| 4Caroline County, VA | 91 | 6 | 5.0 | $8.1M | +11.3% | #8 of 2,090 |
| 5Albemarle County, VA | 90 | 21 | 4.6 | $10.1M | +5.1% | #11 of 2,090 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 88 | 16 | 4.9 | $7.9M | +6.6% | #17 of 2,090 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 88 | 10 | 6.4 | $6.3M | +13.6% | #21 of 2,090 |
| 8Isle of Wight County, VA | 85 | 8 | 5.1 | $8.4M | +6.7% | #36 of 2,090 |
| 9James City County, VA | 85 | 21 | 6.6 | $7.1M | +6.2% | #41 of 2,090 |
| 10Culpeper County, VA | 83 | 11 | 5.8 | $7.5M | +9.3% | #51 of 2,090 |
| 68Waynesboro city, VA | 34 | 10 | 10.2 | $3.3M | +7.5% | #1,665 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Waynesboro city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pizza places in Waynesboro city. 7 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 7.7% from 2019. 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 Waynesboro city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $33M a year, or $3,351 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 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 9,841 households in Waynesboro city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Waynesboro city, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Waynesboro city has 10.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.3M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Waynesboro city would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 351 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Waynesboro city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Waynesboro city at 23,951 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,841 households. Median household income in Waynesboro city is $59,994, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Waynesboro city scores 34 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,665 of 2,090 scored counties.
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