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Grocery and convenience stores in Sumner County, KS

The grocery and convenience stores in Sumner County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #379 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$51.8M
On groceries · $5,772 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
39% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.3
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,312
−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

Household spending on groceries in Sumner County comes to about $51.8M a year: $5,772 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Sumner County has 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sumner County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,990 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sumner County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Sumner County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #379 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Sumner 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 Sumner County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSumner CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.316.918.7
Spending per listing$4.7M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,9902,0351,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,772$6,053$6,319
Median household income$63,951$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score7258

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
107
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Sumner 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 Sumner County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,312−0.1% since 2020
Households
8,970
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,182 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$63,951+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,070
Median home value
$135,100
Jobs located here
5,367
Daytime population
17,716Residents 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 Sumner 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

Other business types in Sumner County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 grocery and convenience stores in Sumner County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $51.8M a year, or $5,772 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,970 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sumner County has 12.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.7M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sumner County would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,990 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Sumner County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sumner County at 22,312 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,970 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $63,951 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumner County scores 72 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #379 of 2,402 scored counties.

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

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