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Grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,035 of 2,402 scored counties
#20 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 27
- 9 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $74.4M
- On groceries · $5,522 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.0
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,266
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Lyon County comes to about $74.4M a year: $5,522 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.8M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Lyon County has 27 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.0, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County in 2023. That is one for every 2,696 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lyon County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County is 54 (upper middle), #1,035 of 2,402 scored counties and #20 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Lyon 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.
| Measure | Lyon County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.0 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,696 | 2,035 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,522 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,912 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 279 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,266+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 13,481
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 848 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $59,912+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,670
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 15,683
- Daytime population
- 30,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Lyon County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 91 | 16 | 11.6 | $5.4M | +5.9% | #36 of 2,402 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 89 | 284 | 11.4 | $6.1M | +4.2% | #52 of 2,402 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 88 | 21 | 8.3 | $7.5M | +3.1% | #61 of 2,402 |
| 4Leavenworth County, KS | 88 | 30 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +3.2% | #62 of 2,402 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 79 | 59 | 11.7 | $5.1M | +1.8% | #193 of 2,402 |
| 6Jackson County, KS | 76 | 5 | 10.0 | $6M | +1.5% | #257 of 2,402 |
| 7Sedgwick County, KS | 76 | 285 | 13.8 | $4.3M | +2.6% | #265 of 2,402 |
| 8Shawnee County, KS | 74 | 79 | 10.5 | $5.6M | 0.0% | #307 of 2,402 |
| 9Sumner County, KS | 72 | 11 | 12.3 | $4.7M | −0.1% | #379 of 2,402 |
| 10Ellis County, KS | 69 | 17 | 13.9 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #459 of 2,402 |
| 20Lyon County, KS | 54 | 27 | 20.0 | $2.8M | +0.5% | #1,035 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lyon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores50
- Convenience stores47
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Lyon County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County. 9 of them (33%) 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 also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lyon County, KS spend on groceries?
About $74.4M a year, or $5,522 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,481 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lyon County has 20.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lyon County would have about 22, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,696 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 32,266 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,481 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $59,912 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lyon County scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,035 of 2,402 scored counties.
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