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Pizza places in Mason County, WV

How Mason County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,515 of 2,090 scored counties
#10 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
9
9 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
11
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$31.4M
On food away from home · $3,071 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,707
−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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pizza places in Mason County. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Mason County spend about $31.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,071 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 31% below 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.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Mason County in 2023. That is one for every 928 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $303K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Mason County.

Population estimates put the population change in Mason County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Mason County is 38 (lower middle), #1,515 of 2,090 scored counties and #10 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia.

How Mason 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.

Pizza in Mason County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMason CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.810.98.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)928564478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,071$3,343$4,070
Median household income$49,761$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score3820

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 11All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
219
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
99 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$303K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
24,707−2.7% since 2020
Households
10,211
Median age
44.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$49,761+8.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,616
Median home value
$120,300
Jobs located here
5,376
Daytime population
21,537Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across West Virginia

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

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV82187.9$5.5M+9.2%#61 of 2,090
2Berkeley County, WV74428.2$4.7M+13.7%#205 of 2,090
3Hampshire County, WV6378.1$4.2M+4.4%#567 of 2,090
4Marion County, WV44187.7$4.5M−1.2%#1,256 of 2,090
5Upshur County, WV4488.4$3.8M−0.3%#1,272 of 2,090
6Mineral County, WV431311.7$3M−0.4%#1,333 of 2,090
7Putnam County, WV40229.5$4.2M−1.0%#1,432 of 2,090
8Taylor County, WV3969.1$3.7M−2.4%#1,474 of 2,090
9Preston County, WV391713.3$2.5M−0.6%#1,499 of 2,090
10Mason County, WV3898.8$3.5M−2.7%#1,515 of 2,090

Other business types in Mason County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Mason County, WV?

Mason County has 9 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 11 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mason County, WV spend on food away from home?

About $31.4M a year, or $3,071 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,211 households in Mason County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mason County, WV compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Mason County has 8.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.5M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Mason County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 928 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Mason County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Mason County at 24,707 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,211 households. The median household income in Mason County is $49,761 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Mason County scores 38 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,515 of 2,090 scored counties.

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