Groceries and convenience · County · Kansas
Convenience stores in Cherokee County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Cherokee County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,079 of 2,261 scored counties
#30 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 13
- 10 chain locations (77%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $42.9M
- On groceries · $5,437 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,105
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Cherokee County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #2,079 of 2,261 scored counties and #30 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Cherokee County comes to about $42.9M a year: $5,437 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Cherokee County has 13 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 77%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 16.5 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Cherokee County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cherokee County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores 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 | Cherokee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.5 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,762 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,437 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,668 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1310 chain locations
- 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 convenience stores in Cherokee 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.
Population and households in Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,105−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,887
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $57,668+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,822
- Median home value
- $100,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,895
- Daytime population
- 16,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cherokee County?
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cherokee County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 93 | 89 | 3.6 | $19.3M | +4.2% | #13 of 2,261 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 88 | 11 | 3.6 | $17.4M | +3.2% | #52 of 2,261 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 83 | 10 | 3.9 | $15.7M | +3.1% | #111 of 2,261 |
| 4Sedgwick County, KS | 78 | 124 | 6.0 | $9.8M | +2.6% | #221 of 2,261 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 76 | 20 | 4.0 | $15.1M | +1.8% | #267 of 2,261 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 69 | 27 | 3.6 | $16.4M | 0.0% | #447 of 2,261 |
| 7Franklin County, KS | 69 | 6 | 5.8 | $10.3M | +1.1% | #453 of 2,261 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 63 | 8 | 5.8 | $10.1M | −1.2% | #643 of 2,261 |
| 9Jefferson County, KS | 63 | 6 | 8.1 | $7.7M | −0.2% | #653 of 2,261 |
| 10Dickinson County, KS | 62 | 6 | 7.5 | $7.8M | +1.4% | #680 of 2,261 |
| 30Cherokee County, KS | 17 | 13 | 16.5 | $3.3M | −1.0% | #2,079 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores32
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores17
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Cherokee County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 convenience stores in Cherokee County. 10 of them (77%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Cherokee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cherokee County, KS spend on groceries?
About $42.9M a year, or $5,437 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,887 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Cherokee County has 16.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.3M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 5, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Cherokee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 19,105 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,887 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $57,668 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Cherokee County scores 17 for convenience stores (low), #2,079 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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