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Home repair companies in Cherokee County, KS
How Cherokee County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #691 of 2,057 scored counties
#6 of 37 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,304 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,105
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,304 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $18.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Cherokee County has 6 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cherokee County in 2023. That is one for every 1,972 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, Cherokee County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #691 of 2,057 scored counties and #6 of 37 scored counties in Kansas.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies 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 | Cherokee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 14.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,972 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,304 | $2,741 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,668 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $520K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,105−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,887
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $57,668+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,822
- Median home value
- $100,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,895
- Daytime population
- 16,131Residents 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 home repair companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cherokee County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumner County, KS | 64 | 6 | 6.7 | $3.8M | −0.1% | #385 of 2,057 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 64 | 365 | 14.6 | $2.3M | +4.2% | #418 of 2,057 |
| 3Osage County, KS | 59 | 6 | 9.3 | $2.8M | −0.3% | #622 of 2,057 |
| 4Geary County, KS | 58 | 11 | 7.8 | $3.1M | −1.2% | #653 of 2,057 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 58 | 57 | 11.3 | $2.4M | +1.8% | #669 of 2,057 |
| 6Cherokee County, KS | 57 | 6 | 7.6 | $3M | −1.0% | #691 of 2,057 |
| 7Leavenworth County, KS | 57 | 37 | 12.3 | $2.4M | +3.2% | #704 of 2,057 |
| 8Labette County, KS | 53 | 7 | 8.7 | $2.7M | −2.4% | #879 of 2,057 |
| 9Jefferson County, KS | 48 | 8 | 10.8 | $2.6M | −0.2% | #1,109 of 2,057 |
| 10Franklin County, KS | 48 | 12 | 11.5 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #1,128 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Cherokee County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home repair companies in Cherokee County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Cherokee County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.2M a year, or $2,304 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,887 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, KS compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Cherokee County has 7.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,972 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 19,105 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,887 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $57,668 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Cherokee County scores 57 for home repair companies (upper middle), #691 of 2,057 scored counties.
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