Philadelphia takes No. 5 in nation for best pizza; Pennsylvania top state

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Although the City of Brotherly Love may be best known for its cheesesteaks, its pizza acumen shouldn't be overlooked. Philly jumped into the top five this year due to its 11.5 pizza shops per 100,000 people, which is well above the study's average of 8.4 per 100,000.

The analysis comes from Clever Real Estate, a company that regularly releases data-oriented rankings of America's biggest cities. For its 2023 pizza rankings, the site used a mix of metrics, including Google Trends data, Yelp ratings, pizza restaurants per capita, local pizza prices, and a survey of 1,000 Americans.

The study went on to note pepperoni pizza prices tend to be a bit higher in Philly, but that's to be expected with so many top-tier options.

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With both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ranking in the top 10, the study crowned Pennsylvania the best state for pizza in 2023.

For the second year in a row, Detroit earned the title of America's best city for pizza.

Top 10 Best Pizza Cities in America

  1. Detroit, Michigan

  2. Hartford, Connecticut

  3. Boston, Massachusetts

  4. Phoenix, Arizona

  5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  6. San Diego, California

  7. Denver, Colorado

  8. Miami, Florida

  9. Buffalo, New York

  10. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

For those wondering how two revered pizza towns, Chicago and New York, got left out of the site's top 10, the authors explain that Chicago was hurt by its pizza-shop scarcity. The Windy City has only 4.9 shops per 100,000 people - about half the amount the average city in the study had (8.4 per 100,000 people).

New York, meanwhile, got dinged for having the most expensive pizza in the country. It will cost you $35.08 for a large pepperoni pie in NYC - 61% higher than average.

Here's how the top five cities earned their rankings.

This article was produced by Clever Real Estate and syndicated by Wealth of Geeks.

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Philadelphia takes No. 5 in nation for best pizza; PA is top state