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Sit-down restaurants in Harvey County, KS

How Harvey County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #908 of 2,405 scored counties
#11 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
65
29 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
19
−5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$50.9M
On food away from home · $3,716 a household
Spending per listing
$783K
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
47.4
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,580
−1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

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. That is about $783K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

There are 65 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Harvey County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 47.4, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Harvey County in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 721 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Harvey County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For sit-down restaurants, Harvey County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #908 of 2,405 scored counties and #11 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 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Harvey County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureHarvey CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households47.453.961.3
Spending per listing$783K$725K$664K
Households per official establishment721534500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.0%+0.6%+1.5%
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 score5649

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 19−5.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
320
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6529 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The 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 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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Sit-down restaurants across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Harvey County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pottawatomie County, KS813537.3$1.1M+6.9%#107 of 2,405
2Leavenworth County, KS8111939.5$1.1M+3.2%#112 of 2,405
3Miami County, KS795137.1$1.1M+5.9%#145 of 2,405
4Butler County, KS7810641.8$963K+3.1%#173 of 2,405
5Johnson County, KS711,30852.4$932K+4.2%#346 of 2,405
6Jackson County, KS672345.9$822K+1.5%#468 of 2,405
7Jefferson County, KS663344.5$910K−0.2%#492 of 2,405
8Dickinson County, KS603644.9$811K+1.4%#744 of 2,405
9McPherson County, KS585746.9$815K−0.4%#816 of 2,405
10Shawnee County, KS5835446.9$785K0.0%#823 of 2,405
11Harvey County, KS566547.4$783K−1.2%#908 of 2,405

Other business types in Harvey County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Harvey County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 65 sit-down restaurants in Harvey County. 29 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019.

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 65 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $783K 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 13,700 households in Harvey County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Harvey County, KS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Harvey County has 47.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $783K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Harvey County would have about 77, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 721 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% 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 56 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #908 of 2,405 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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