Food and drink · Small-town market · Kansas
Pizza places in the Garden City, KS area
The pizza places in the Garden City, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #274 of 520 scored small-town markets
#2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 12
- 11 chain locations (92%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All limited-service restaurants · −12.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.5M
- On food away from home · $3,818 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,505
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 pizza places in the Garden City area. 11 of them (92%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Garden City area spend about $50.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,818 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 pizza places, that is $4.2M per pizza place, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Garden City area was 27 in 2023, down 12.9% from 2019. That is one for every 490 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Garden City area declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Garden City area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #274 of 520 scored small-town markets and #2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Garden City area compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places 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 | Garden City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 10.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $3.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 490 | 526 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.9% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,818 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,009 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27All limited-service restaurants · −12.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 633
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1211 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 limited-service restaurants in the Garden City area, 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.
Population and households in the Garden City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,505−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,229
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $73,009
- Average household income
- $91,638
- Median home value
- $201,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,852
- Daytime population
- 39,125Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Garden City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hutchinson, KS | 55 | 16 | 6.3 | $5.4M | −0.6% | #204 of 520 |
| 2Garden City, KS | 48 | 12 | 9.1 | $4.2M | −2.1% | #274 of 520 |
| 3Ottawa, KS | 46 | 16 | 15.4 | $2.4M | +1.1% | #303 of 520 |
| 4Atchison, KS | 42 | 8 | 13.9 | $2.4M | −0.9% | #335 of 520 |
| 5McPherson, KS | 41 | 18 | 14.8 | $2.6M | −0.4% | #350 of 520 |
| 6Dodge City, KS | 39 | 17 | 14.4 | $2.6M | −0.6% | #373 of 520 |
| 7Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 37 | 14 | 10.5 | $3.2M | −0.4% | #392 of 520 |
| 8Pittsburg, KS | 37 | 20 | 12.6 | $2.5M | +0.1% | #394 of 520 |
| 9Great Bend, KS | 34 | 13 | 12.5 | $2.7M | −2.5% | #419 of 520 |
| 10Salina, KS | 31 | 28 | 11.2 | $3.2M | −1.4% | #451 of 520 |
Other business types in the Garden City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pizza places are in the Garden City, KS area?
The Garden City area has 12 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 12.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Garden City, KS area spend on food away from home?
About $50.5M a year, or $3,818 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Garden City, KS area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Garden City area has 9.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Garden City area would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 490 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Garden City area scores 48 for pizza places (lower middle), #274 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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