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Pizza places in the Port Townsend, WA area

How the Port Townsend, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 92 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #2 of 520 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington

Listings
7
3 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
15
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$63M
On food away from home · $3,856 a household
Spending per listing
$9M
77% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,970
+2.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Port Townsend area is 92 (very high), #2 of 520 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pizza places.

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pizza places in the Port Townsend area. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $3,856 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Port Townsend area spend about $63M a year on food away from home. Spread across 7 pizza places, that is $9M per pizza place, 77% 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 15 businesses with payroll in the Port Townsend area classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,089 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. Population estimates put the population change in the Port Townsend area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Port Townsend area compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Port Townsend, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasurePort Townsend areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.36.18.0
Spending per listing$9M$7.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,089593478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,856$4,501$4,070
Median household income$74,048$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score9287

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
114
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
73 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 the Port Townsend area, 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 the Port Townsend area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,970+2.7% since 2020
Households
16,340
Median age
58.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,804 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$74,048
Average household income
$104,756
Median home value
$535,000
Jobs located here
8,967
Daytime population
30,032Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for pizza places, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Port Townsend area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelton, WA94155.8$6.9M+7.8%#1 of 520
2Port Townsend, WA9274.3$9M+2.7%#2 of 520
3Centralia, WA87164.9$7.7M+6.7%#4 of 520
4Oak Harbor, WA82174.7$8.9M−1.5%#12 of 520
5Port Angeles, WA82174.9$7.6M+1.1%#14 of 520
6Aberdeen, WA79175.6$6.2M+3.0%#22 of 520
7Pullman, WA76115.9$5.9M+1.5%#35 of 520
8Moses Lake, WA73236.5$5.6M+6.3%#54 of 520
9Ellensburg, WA68136.5$6M+4.2%#91 of 520

Other business types in the Port Townsend area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Port Townsend, WA area?

The Port Townsend area has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Port Townsend, WA area spend on food away from home?

About $63M a year, or $3,856 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $9M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,340 households in the Port Townsend area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Port Townsend, WA area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Port Townsend area has 4.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $9M, 77% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Port Townsend area would have about 12, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,089 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Port Townsend, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Port Townsend area at 33,970 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,340 households. The median household income in the Port Townsend area is $74,048 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Port Townsend area scores 92 for pizza places (very high), #2 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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