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Restaurants and cafes in Harvey County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Harvey County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,041 of 2,405 scored counties
#12 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 116
- 48 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- +5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.9M
- On food away from home · $3,716 a household
- Spending per listing
- $439K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 84.7
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,580
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Harvey County comes to about $50.9M a year: $3,716 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 116 restaurants and cafes, that is $439K per restaurant, 18% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 116 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Harvey County as of September 2026. 48 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 84.7 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 54 businesses with payroll in Harvey County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 254 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $128K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Harvey County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harvey County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Harvey County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,041 of 2,405 scored counties and #12 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Harvey County 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Harvey County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 84.7 | 98.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $439K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 254 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.9% | +6.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,716 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,368 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51 → 54+5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 903
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11648 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 137The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $128K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Harvey 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 Harvey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,580−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,700
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 540 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $74,368+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,974
- Median home value
- $180,300
- Jobs located here
- 13,712
- Daytime population
- 31,705Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 84 | 97 | 70.6 | $597K | +5.9% | #70 of 2,405 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 81 | 230 | 76.2 | $557K | +3.2% | #121 of 2,405 |
| 3Jefferson County, KS | 78 | 55 | 74.2 | $546K | −0.2% | #174 of 2,405 |
| 4Pottawatomie County, KS | 78 | 73 | 77.8 | $544K | +6.9% | #175 of 2,405 |
| 5Butler County, KS | 74 | 200 | 78.9 | $510K | +3.1% | #268 of 2,405 |
| 6Johnson County, KS | 71 | 2,372 | 95.1 | $514K | +4.2% | #369 of 2,405 |
| 7Jackson County, KS | 68 | 41 | 81.8 | $461K | +1.5% | #454 of 2,405 |
| 8Dickinson County, KS | 63 | 67 | 83.6 | $436K | +1.4% | #640 of 2,405 |
| 9Osage County, KS | 61 | 51 | 79.3 | $460K | −0.3% | #715 of 2,405 |
| 10Franklin County, KS | 56 | 93 | 89.3 | $416K | +1.1% | #919 of 2,405 |
| 12Harvey County, KS | 53 | 116 | 84.7 | $439K | −1.2% | #1,041 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Harvey County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Harvey County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 116 restaurants and cafes in Harvey County. 48 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Harvey County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $50.9M a year, or $3,716 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 116 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $439K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,700 households in Harvey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harvey County, KS compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Harvey County has 84.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $439K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Harvey County would have about 137, against 116 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 254 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Harvey County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Harvey County at 33,580 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,700 households. Median household income in Harvey County is $74,368, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Harvey County scores 53 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,041 of 2,405 scored counties.
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