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Gas stations in Ottawa County, KS
How Ottawa County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: 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
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.1M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,353 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,744
- +0.3% since 2020
See the gas stations around any address in Ottawa County
The site report maps the gas stations on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Ottawa County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in Ottawa County spend about $8.1M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,353 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 gas stations, that is $4M per station.
There are 2 gas stations on map listings in Ottawa County as of September 2026. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Ottawa County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 482 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Ottawa County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Ottawa County 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 | Ottawa County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 12.0 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 482 | 1,135 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,353 | $2,874 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $74,018 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- 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 gasoline stations in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,744+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,408
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 721 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $74,018
- Average household income
- $88,878
- Median home value
- $166,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,273
- Daytime population
- 4,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ottawa County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the gas stations on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for gas stations, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ottawa County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawatomie County, KS | 89 | 8 | 8.5 | $3.9M | +6.9% | #34 of 2,358 |
| 2Butler County, KS | 84 | 20 | 7.9 | $4.2M | +3.1% | #84 of 2,358 |
| 3Johnson County, KS | 81 | 148 | 5.9 | $4.7M | +4.2% | #123 of 2,358 |
| 4Sedgwick County, KS | 76 | 92 | 4.4 | $6.1M | +2.6% | #228 of 2,358 |
| 5Leavenworth County, KS | 76 | 36 | 11.9 | $2.6M | +3.2% | #239 of 2,358 |
| 6Miami County, KS | 76 | 20 | 14.6 | $2.2M | +5.9% | #243 of 2,358 |
| 7Harvey County, KS | 73 | 12 | 8.8 | $3.5M | −1.2% | #318 of 2,358 |
| 8Jackson County, KS | 72 | 7 | 14.0 | $2.5M | +1.5% | #349 of 2,358 |
| 9Douglas County, KS | 70 | 35 | 6.9 | $3.7M | +1.8% | #396 of 2,358 |
| 10Cherokee County, KS | 69 | 7 | 8.9 | $3.6M | −1.0% | #425 of 2,358 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Not scored | 2 | 8.3 | $4M | +0.3% |
Other business types in Ottawa County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Ottawa County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 gas stations in Ottawa County. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Ottawa County, KS spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $8.1M a year, or $3,353 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,408 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, KS compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Ottawa County has 2 gas stations on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Ottawa County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 482 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Ottawa County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 5,744 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,408 households. Median household income in Ottawa County is $74,018, 8% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ottawa County. It maps the gas stations on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Ottawa County
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