Food and drink · Small-town market · Kansas
Restaurants and cafes in the Pittsburg, KS area
How the Pittsburg, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #429 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 162
- 57 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.5M
- On food away from home · $3,187 a household
- Spending per listing
- $312K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 102.3
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,008
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Pittsburg area is 34 (lower middle), #429 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $3,187 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Pittsburg area spend about $50.5M a year on food away from home. Spread across 162 restaurants and cafes, that is $312K per restaurant, 16% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 162 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Pittsburg area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 102.3 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Pittsburg area was 65 in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 244 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Pittsburg area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pittsburg 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 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 | Pittsburg area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 102.3 | 98.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $312K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 244 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | +6.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,187 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,844 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65+3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,295
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16257 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 136The 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 the Pittsburg 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.
Population and households in the Pittsburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,008+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,838
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 590 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $52,844+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,498
- Median home value
- $132,600
- Jobs located here
- 17,159
- Daytime population
- 39,240Residents 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 restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Pittsburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 69 | 93 | 89.3 | $416K | +1.1% | #85 of 538 |
| 2McPherson, KS | 65 | 112 | 92.1 | $415K | −0.4% | #125 of 538 |
| 3Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 62 | 110 | 82.2 | $410K | −0.4% | #150 of 538 |
| 4Atchison, KS | 47 | 57 | 99.4 | $343K | −0.9% | #295 of 538 |
| 5Hutchinson, KS | 46 | 227 | 88.7 | $380K | −0.6% | #304 of 538 |
| 6Salina, KS | 44 | 245 | 98.3 | $362K | −1.4% | #332 of 538 |
| 7Great Bend, KS | 34 | 109 | 105.0 | $319K | −2.5% | #428 of 538 |
| 8Pittsburg, KS | 34 | 162 | 102.3 | $312K | +0.1% | #429 of 538 |
| 9Garden City, KS | 31 | 167 | 126.2 | $302K | −2.1% | #453 of 538 |
| 10Hays, KS | 28 | 154 | 125.7 | $279K | +0.4% | #474 of 538 |
Other business types in the Pittsburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Pittsburg, KS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 162 restaurants and cafes in the Pittsburg area. 57 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pittsburg, KS area spend on food away from home?
About $50.5M a year, or $3,187 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 162 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $312K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,838 households in the Pittsburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pittsburg, KS area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Pittsburg area has 102.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $312K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Pittsburg area would have about 136, against 162 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 244 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pittsburg, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Pittsburg area at 39,008 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,838 households. Median household income in the Pittsburg area is $52,844, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. 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 Pittsburg area scores 34 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #429 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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