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Restaurants and cafes in Morton County, KS
The restaurants and cafes in Morton County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On food away from home · $3,539 a household
- Spending per listing
- $265K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 133.7
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,470
- −8.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,539 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Morton County spend about $3.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 13 restaurants and cafes, that is $265K per restaurant, 29% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Morton County has 13 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 133.7 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for restaurants and other eating places in Morton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morton County declined 8.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Morton 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 | Morton County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 133.7 | 98.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $265K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,539 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,447 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Morton 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 Morton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,470−8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 972
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 730 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $66,447
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $96,100
- Jobs located here
- 840
- Daytime population
- 2,490Residents 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 |
| Morton County, KS | Not scored | 13 | 133.7 | $265K | −8.4% |
Other business types in Morton County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Morton County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 restaurants and cafes in Morton County. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Morton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morton County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $3.4M a year, or $3,539 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $265K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 972 households in Morton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morton County, KS compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Morton County has 133.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $265K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Morton County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Morton County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Morton County at 2,470 people in 2025, down 8.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 972 households. Median household income in Morton County is $66,447, 18% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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