Groceries and convenience · County · Kansas
Grocery stores in Neosho County, KS
How Neosho County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,796 of 2,070 scored counties
#28 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On groceries · $5,527 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,637
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Neosho County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,796 of 2,070 scored counties and #28 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Neosho County comes to about $35.7M a year: $5,527 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Neosho County has 7 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Neosho County in 2023. That is one for every 2,155 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Neosho County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Neosho 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 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 | Neosho County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $10.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,155 | 2,421 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,527 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,618 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $840K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Neosho 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 Neosho County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,637−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,464
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $56,618+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,691
- Median home value
- $111,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,421
- Daytime population
- 15,083Residents 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 stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Neosho County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Butler County, KS | 87 | 6 | 2.4 | $26.1M | +3.1% | #77 of 2,070 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 87 | 10 | 3.3 | $19.2M | +3.2% | #79 of 2,070 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 86 | 7 | 5.1 | $12.4M | +5.9% | #102 of 2,070 |
| 4Johnson County, KS | 82 | 116 | 4.6 | $14.8M | +4.2% | #150 of 2,070 |
| 5Sedgwick County, KS | 72 | 95 | 4.6 | $12.8M | +2.6% | #350 of 2,070 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 67 | 26 | 3.4 | $17M | 0.0% | #473 of 2,070 |
| 7Douglas County, KS | 67 | 25 | 5.0 | $12.1M | +1.8% | #478 of 2,070 |
| 8Riley County, KS | 64 | 9 | 3.2 | $17.6M | +0.8% | #554 of 2,070 |
| 9Cowley County, KS | 64 | 5 | 3.7 | $14.9M | −0.4% | #555 of 2,070 |
| 10Saline County, KS | 62 | 12 | 5.3 | $10.7M | −1.6% | #617 of 2,070 |
| 28Neosho County, KS | 24 | 7 | 10.8 | $5.1M | −1.7% | #1,796 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Neosho County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores36
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 stores are in Neosho County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 grocery stores in Neosho County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Neosho County, KS spend on groceries?
About $35.7M a year, or $5,527 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,464 households in Neosho County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Neosho County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Neosho County has 10.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.1M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Neosho County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,155 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Neosho County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Neosho County at 15,637 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,464 households. The median household income in Neosho County is $56,618 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.3% 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. Neosho County scores 24 for grocery stores (low), #1,796 of 2,070 scored counties.
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