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Grocery and convenience stores in Labette County, KS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,081 of 2,402 scored counties
#37 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
25
15 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$44.3M
On groceries · $5,486 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.9
65% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,685
−2.4% 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 grocery and convenience stores in Labette County is 26 (lower middle), #2,081 of 2,402 scored counties and #37 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 25 grocery and convenience stores in Labette County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 60%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.9, 65% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Labette County comes to about $44.3M a year: $5,486 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Labette County in 2023. That is one for every 1,616 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Labette County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Labette 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 grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Labette County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureLabette CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.916.918.7
Spending per listing$1.8M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,6162,0351,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,486$6,053$6,319
Median household income$56,325$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score2658

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
73
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2515 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Labette 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 Labette County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,685−2.4% since 2020
Households
8,078
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$56,325+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,847
Median home value
$94,600
Jobs located here
8,992
Daytime population
20,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS911611.6$5.4M+5.9%#36 of 2,402
2Johnson County, KS8928411.4$6.1M+4.2%#52 of 2,402
3Butler County, KS88218.3$7.5M+3.1%#61 of 2,402
4Leavenworth County, KS88309.9$6.4M+3.2%#62 of 2,402
5Douglas County, KS795911.7$5.1M+1.8%#193 of 2,402
6Jackson County, KS76510.0$6M+1.5%#257 of 2,402
7Sedgwick County, KS7628513.8$4.3M+2.6%#265 of 2,402
8Shawnee County, KS747910.5$5.6M0.0%#307 of 2,402
9Sumner County, KS721112.3$4.7M−0.1%#379 of 2,402
10Ellis County, KS691713.9$4.1M+0.4%#459 of 2,402
37Labette County, KS262530.9$1.8M−2.4%#2,081 of 2,402

Other business types in Labette County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Labette County, KS?

Labette County has 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $44.3M a year, or $5,486 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,078 households in Labette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Labette County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Labette County has 30.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Labette County would have about 13, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,616 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Labette County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Labette County at 19,685 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,078 households. Median household income in Labette County is $56,325, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.2%, 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. Labette County scores 26 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,081 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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