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Sit-down restaurants in Ford County, KS
The sit-down restaurants in Ford County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,280 of 2,405 scored counties
#36 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 99
- 38 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $43.6M
- On food away from home · $3,697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $441K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 83.9
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,993
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Ford County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,280 of 2,405 scored counties and #36 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ford County spend about $43.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,697 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 99 sit-down restaurants, that is $441K per restaurant, 34% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 99 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Ford County as of September 2026. 38 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 83.9 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Ford County classed as full-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 369 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $269K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Ford County. Population estimates put the population change in Ford County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ford 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 | Ford County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 83.9 | 53.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $441K | $725K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 369 | 534 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,697 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,781 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 320.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 410
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9938 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $269K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Ford 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 Ford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,993−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,796
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,098 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,372
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,900
- Daytime population
- 35,172Residents 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 Ford 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 |
| 36Ford County, KS | 22 | 99 | 83.9 | $441K | −0.6% | #2,280 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Ford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops39
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops22
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Ford County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 99 sit-down restaurants in Ford County. 38 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Ford County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $43.6M a year, or $3,697 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $441K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,796 households in Ford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ford County, KS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Ford County has 83.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $441K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Ford County would have about 66, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 369 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Ford County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ford County at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in Ford County is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. 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. Ford County scores 22 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,280 of 2,405 scored counties.
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