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Pizza places in Morgan County, WV

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
6
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$25.6M
On food away from home · $3,493 a household
Spending per listing
$8.5M
68% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,027
+5.5% 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

Households in Morgan County spend about $25.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,493 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.5M per pizza place, 68% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Morgan County has 3 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 49% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Morgan County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,224 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 Morgan County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pizza places on map listings, Morgan County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Morgan 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 Morgan County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMorgan CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.110.98.0
Spending per listing$8.5M$3.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,224564478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,493$3,343$4,070
Median household income$72,179$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored20

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 6All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
101
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
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 Morgan 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 Morgan County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,027+5.5% since 2020
Households
7,342
Median age
49.1
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
229 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$72,179+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,830
Median home value
$240,600
Jobs located here
3,253
Daytime population
12,615Residents 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 Morgan 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
Morgan County, WVNot scored34.1$8.5M+5.5%

Other business types in Morgan County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Morgan County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pizza places in Morgan County. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 6 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 Morgan County, WV spend on food away from home?

About $25.6M a year, or $3,493 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.5M 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 7,342 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Morgan County has 4.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.5M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Morgan County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,224 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Morgan County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Morgan County at 18,027 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,342 households. Median household income in Morgan County is $72,179, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.5%, 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. Morgan County has no market score for pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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