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Pizza places in Lincoln County, WV
The pizza places in Lincoln County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,059 of 2,090 scored counties
#36 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 5 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On food away from home · $2,912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,177
- −5.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Lincoln County is 13 (low), #2,059 of 2,090 scored counties and #36 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Lincoln County spend about $22.3M a year on food away from home, or $2,912 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Lincoln County has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 71%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for limited-service restaurants in Lincoln County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lincoln County declined 5.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lincoln County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Lincoln County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | n/a | 564 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,912 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,205 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 75 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,177−5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,673
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 437 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $46,205+9.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,576
- Median home value
- $105,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,363
- Daytime population
- 15,719Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 82 | 18 | 7.9 | $5.5M | +9.2% | #61 of 2,090 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 74 | 42 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +13.7% | #205 of 2,090 |
| 3Hampshire County, WV | 63 | 7 | 8.1 | $4.2M | +4.4% | #567 of 2,090 |
| 4Marion County, WV | 44 | 18 | 7.7 | $4.5M | −1.2% | #1,256 of 2,090 |
| 5Upshur County, WV | 44 | 8 | 8.4 | $3.8M | −0.3% | #1,272 of 2,090 |
| 6Mineral County, WV | 43 | 13 | 11.7 | $3M | −0.4% | #1,333 of 2,090 |
| 7Putnam County, WV | 40 | 22 | 9.5 | $4.2M | −1.0% | #1,432 of 2,090 |
| 8Taylor County, WV | 39 | 6 | 9.1 | $3.7M | −2.4% | #1,474 of 2,090 |
| 9Preston County, WV | 39 | 17 | 13.3 | $2.5M | −0.6% | #1,499 of 2,090 |
| 10Mason County, WV | 38 | 9 | 8.8 | $3.5M | −2.7% | #1,515 of 2,090 |
| 36Lincoln County, WV | 13 | 7 | 9.1 | $3.2M | −5.8% | #2,059 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Lincoln County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Lincoln County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pizza places in Lincoln County. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lincoln County, WV spend on food away from home?
About $22.3M a year, or $2,912 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 7,673 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, WV compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Lincoln County has 9.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.2M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Lincoln County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 19,177 people in 2025, down 5.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,673 households. Median household income in Lincoln County is $46,205, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 9.1%, 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. Lincoln County scores 13 for pizza places (low), #2,059 of 2,090 scored counties.
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