We’ve got dough-licious news to share. Phoenix is the 12th-best pizza city in America, with an overall pizza score of 82.1 out of 100, according to an analysis of the top pizza cities in the U.S. by the data team at Clever Real Estate.
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Phoenix has 3.8 pizza restaurants per 100,000 residents. On the other hand, Dallas has the fewest pizza restaurants, with just 2.7 per 100,000 residents.
Phoenix’s pizza restaurants have an average Yelp rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Baltimore has the lowest-rated pizza restaurants, at 3.41.
A large cheese pizza in Phoenix costs $16.30 on average, while a large pepperoni pizza averages $19.30.
Phoenix has a pizza passion score (based on Google Trends scores for 34 pizza terms) of 73.3 out of 100. For comparison, New Orleans has the least pizza passion with a score of just 41.5.
Denver claimed the title of the best pizza city, while Memphis is the worst.
To decide 2024’s best city for pizza, the data team at Clever Real Estate analyzed a multitude of mouthwatering metrics. We ranked the 50 biggest metro areas in the U.S. using the following parameters for each city:
- Pizza reputation, based on a survey of 1,000 Americans
- Rate of pizza restaurants per 100,000 residents
- Pizza passion, based on local internet search activity for 34 pizza-related terms (e.g., “pizza near me,” “pizza delivery,” “pan pizza,” etc.)
- Average Yelp rating for pizza restaurants
- Average price of a large cheese pizza
- Average price of a large pepperoni pizza
- Share of median annual income required to purchase one cheese pizza each week for a year
- Share of median annual income required to purchase one pepperoni pizza each week for a year
