Groceries and convenience · County · Kansas
Convenience stores in Ford County, KS
How Ford County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,522 of 2,261 scored counties
#22 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 15
- 8 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $69.6M
- On groceries · $5,900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,993
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 convenience stores in Ford County. 8 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,900 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Ford County spend about $69.6M a year on groceries. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Ford County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ford County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Ford County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,522 of 2,261 scored counties and #22 of 31 scored counties in Kansas.
How Ford 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 | Ford County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $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 | −0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,900 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,781 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 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
- 158 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Ford 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 Ford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,993−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,796
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,098 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,372
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,900
- Daytime population
- 35,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ford County?
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Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardConvenience stores across Kansas
Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ford 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 |
| 22Ford County, KS | 39 | 15 | 12.7 | $4.6M | −0.6% | #1,522 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Ford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores50
- Convenience stores39
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 Ford County, KS?
Ford County has 15 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Ford County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ford County, KS spend on groceries?
About $69.6M a year, or $5,900 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,796 households in Ford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ford County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Ford County has 12.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.6M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Ford County would have about 9, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Ford County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ford County at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in Ford County is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. Ford County scores 39 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,522 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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