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Convenience stores in Wilson County, KS

How Wilson County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.6M
On groceries · $5,577 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,299
−3.3% 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

At $5,577 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Wilson County spend about $19.6M a year on groceries. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Wilson County has 4 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 43% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Wilson County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Wilson County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Wilson 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.

Convenience stores in Wilson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureWilson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.47.18.0
Spending per listing$4.9M$8.6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,7623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,577$6,053$6,319
Median household income$60,677$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

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
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Wilson 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 Wilson County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,299−3.3% since 2020
Households
3,517
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$60,677
Average household income
$77,777
Median home value
$93,500
Jobs located here
3,338
Daytime population
7,424Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Wilson County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS93893.6$19.3M+4.2%#13 of 2,261
2Leavenworth County, KS88113.6$17.4M+3.2%#52 of 2,261
3Butler County, KS83103.9$15.7M+3.1%#111 of 2,261
4Sedgwick County, KS781246.0$9.8M+2.6%#221 of 2,261
5Douglas County, KS76204.0$15.1M+1.8%#267 of 2,261
6Shawnee County, KS69273.6$16.4M0.0%#447 of 2,261
7Franklin County, KS6965.8$10.3M+1.1%#453 of 2,261
8Harvey County, KS6385.8$10.1M−1.2%#643 of 2,261
9Jefferson County, KS6368.1$7.7M−0.2%#653 of 2,261
10Dickinson County, KS6267.5$7.8M+1.4%#680 of 2,261
Wilson County, KSNot scored411.4$4.9M−3.3%

Other business types in Wilson County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Wilson County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 convenience stores in Wilson County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Wilson County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Wilson County, KS spend on groceries?

About $19.6M a year, or $5,577 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 3,517 households in Wilson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wilson County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Wilson County has 11.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.9M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Wilson County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Wilson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Wilson County at 8,299 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,517 households. The median household income in Wilson County is $60,677 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Wilson County

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