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Gas stations in the Garden City, KS area
How the Garden City, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #365 of 536 scored small-town markets
#11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 39
- 26 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.5
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,505
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 gas stations in the Garden City area. Chain locations make up 67% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 29.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Households in the Garden City area spend about $39.7M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,997 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per station, 57% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Garden City area classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 1,203 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Garden City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Garden City area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #365 of 536 scored small-town markets and #11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Garden City area compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Garden City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.5 | 12.0 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,203 | 1,135 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,997 | $2,874 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $73,009 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3926 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 gasoline stations in the Garden City area, 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 the Garden City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,505−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,229
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $73,009
- Average household income
- $91,638
- Median home value
- $201,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,852
- Daytime population
- 39,125Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for gas stations, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Garden City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McPherson, KS | 77 | 13 | 10.7 | $2.9M | −0.4% | #40 of 536 |
| 2Hutchinson, KS | 73 | 13 | 5.1 | $5.7M | −0.6% | #58 of 536 |
| 3Atchison, KS | 65 | 6 | 10.5 | $2.8M | −0.9% | #111 of 536 |
| 4Salina, KS | 59 | 26 | 10.4 | $2.7M | −1.4% | #170 of 536 |
| 5Hays, KS | 57 | 20 | 16.3 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #196 of 536 |
| 6Ottawa, KS | 57 | 22 | 21.1 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #201 of 536 |
| 7Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 56 | 20 | 14.9 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #209 of 536 |
| 8Emporia, KS | 53 | 21 | 14.4 | $2M | +0.4% | #235 of 536 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 44 | 31 | 19.6 | $1.4M | +0.1% | #334 of 536 |
| 10Dodge City, KS | 43 | 24 | 20.3 | $1.5M | −0.6% | #346 of 536 |
| 11Garden City, KS | 42 | 39 | 29.5 | $1M | −2.1% | #365 of 536 |
Other business types in the Garden City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Garden City, KS area?
There are 39 gas stations on map listings in the Garden City area as of September 2026. 26 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in the Garden City, KS area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $39.7M a year, or $2,997 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Garden City, KS area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Garden City area has 29.5 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Garden City area would have about 17, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,203 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 10% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Garden City area scores 42 for gas stations (lower middle), #365 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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