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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bourbon County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Bourbon County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,944 of 2,222 scored counties
#30 of 36 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
9
8 chain locations (89%)
Official establishments
14
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$19.9M
On food away from home · $3,413 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.4
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,319
−0.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Bourbon County is 26 (lower middle), #1,944 of 2,222 scored counties and #30 of 36 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Bourbon County spend about $19.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,413 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.2M per shop, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Bourbon County has 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 89%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.4, 16% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Bourbon County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 417 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bourbon County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Bourbon County compares

The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Bourbon County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureBourbon CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.414.213.3
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)417526478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,413$3,910$4,070
Median household income$59,238$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score2644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 14All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
227
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
98 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 limited-service restaurants in Bourbon 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Bourbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,319−0.1% since 2020
Households
5,840
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
636 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,238+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,360
Median home value
$113,800
Jobs located here
5,727
Daytime population
13,357Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Bourbon County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS841410.2$4.1M+5.9%#81 of 2,222
2Pottawatomie County, KS761111.7$3.6M+6.9%#214 of 2,222
3Sumner County, KS7177.8$4.6M−0.1%#324 of 2,222
4Johnson County, KS7133213.3$3.7M+4.2%#333 of 2,222
5Leavenworth County, KS714213.9$3.1M+3.2%#341 of 2,222
6Dickinson County, KS70810.0$3.6M+1.4%#361 of 2,222
7Franklin County, KS6898.6$4.3M+1.1%#421 of 2,222
8Jackson County, KS65612.0$3.2M+1.5%#554 of 2,222
9Neosho County, KS6157.7$4.3M−1.7%#672 of 2,222
10Marion County, KS60510.5$3.3M−1.3%#740 of 2,222
30Bourbon County, KS26915.4$2.2M−0.1%#1,944 of 2,222

Other business types in Bourbon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bourbon County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 fast food and sandwich shops in Bourbon County. 8 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.

How much do households in Bourbon County, KS spend on food away from home?

About $19.9M a year, or $3,413 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,840 households in Bourbon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bourbon County, KS compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Bourbon County has 15.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bourbon County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 417 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Bourbon County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Bourbon County at 14,319 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,840 households. Median household income in Bourbon County is $59,238, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. Bourbon County scores 26 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,944 of 2,222 scored counties.

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