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Grocery and convenience stores in Wyandotte County, KS

How Wyandotte 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,392 of 2,402 scored counties
#28 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
132
59 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
42
−2.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$349.5M
On groceries · $5,677 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.4
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
170,597
+1.0% 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

Households in Wyandotte County spend about $349.5M a year on groceries, or $5,677 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per store, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Wyandotte County has 132 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wyandotte County in 2023, down 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,466 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.7M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wyandotte County.

Population estimates put the population change in Wyandotte County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wyandotte County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,392 of 2,402 scored counties and #28 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.

How Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureWyandotte CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.416.918.7
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,4662,0351,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.3%+5.9%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,677$6,053$6,319
Median household income$63,631$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
43 → 42−2.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,202
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
27Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13259 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte County

Population, 2025 estimate
170,597+1.0% since 2020
Households
61,562
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
152 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,106
Median household income
$63,631+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,008
Median home value
$172,300
Jobs located here
93,846
Daytime population
185,639Residents 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 Wyandotte 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
28Wyandotte County, KS4513221.4$2.6M+1.0%#1,392 of 2,402

Other business types in Wyandotte County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 132 grocery and convenience stores in Wyandotte County. 59 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 2.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $349.5M a year, or $5,677 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 132 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,562 households in Wyandotte County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wyandotte County has 21.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Wyandotte County would have about 103, against 132 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,466 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Wyandotte County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Wyandotte County at 170,597 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,562 households. The median household income in Wyandotte County is $63,631 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.7% 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. Wyandotte County scores 45 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,392 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 Wyandotte County

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