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Sit-down restaurants in Cherokee County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Cherokee County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #971 of 2,405 scored counties
#12 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 23
- 7 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.4M
- On food away from home · $3,219 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 66% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.2
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,105
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 sit-down restaurants in Cherokee County. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 29.2 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Cherokee County spend about $25.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,219 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per restaurant, 66% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Cherokee County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 607 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Cherokee County is 54 (upper middle), #971 of 2,405 scored counties and #12 of 38 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 food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | 29.2 | 53.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $725K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 607 | 534 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,219 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,668 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 237 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 full-service restaurants 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 sit-down restaurants, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawatomie County, KS | 81 | 35 | 37.3 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #107 of 2,405 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 81 | 119 | 39.5 | $1.1M | +3.2% | #112 of 2,405 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 79 | 51 | 37.1 | $1.1M | +5.9% | #145 of 2,405 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 78 | 106 | 41.8 | $963K | +3.1% | #173 of 2,405 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 71 | 1,308 | 52.4 | $932K | +4.2% | #346 of 2,405 |
| 6Jackson County, KS | 67 | 23 | 45.9 | $822K | +1.5% | #468 of 2,405 |
| 7Jefferson County, KS | 66 | 33 | 44.5 | $910K | −0.2% | #492 of 2,405 |
| 8Dickinson County, KS | 60 | 36 | 44.9 | $811K | +1.4% | #744 of 2,405 |
| 9McPherson County, KS | 58 | 57 | 46.9 | $815K | −0.4% | #816 of 2,405 |
| 10Shawnee County, KS | 58 | 354 | 46.9 | $785K | 0.0% | #823 of 2,405 |
| 12Cherokee County, KS | 54 | 23 | 29.2 | $1.1M | −1.0% | #971 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes19
- Bakeries and dessert shops18
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Cherokee County, KS?
There are 23 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Cherokee County as of September 2026. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cherokee County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $25.4M a year, or $3,219 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. 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 sit-down restaurants?
Cherokee County has 29.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 66% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 38, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 607 households, against one for every 500 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 54 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #971 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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