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Sit-down restaurants in Pottawatomie County, KS
How Pottawatomie 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #107 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 35
- 13 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On food away from home · $4,237 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 71% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.3
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,186
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Pottawatomie County is 81 (high), #107 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
At $4,237 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Pottawatomie County spend about $39.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 71% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 35 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Pottawatomie County as of September 2026. 13 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 37.3 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Pottawatomie County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 625 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $338K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pottawatomie County. Population estimates put the population change in Pottawatomie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pottawatomie 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 | Pottawatomie County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.3 | 53.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $725K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 625 | 534 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,237 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,325 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 176
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3513 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $338K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,186+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 9,381
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 841 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $92,325+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,915
- Median home value
- $245,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,026
- Daytime population
- 26,279Residents 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 Pottawatomie 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 |
Other business types in Pottawatomie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes78
- Sit-down restaurants81
- Fast food and sandwich shops76
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Pottawatomie County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 sit-down restaurants in Pottawatomie County. 13 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Pottawatomie County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $39.7M a year, or $4,237 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 9,381 households in Pottawatomie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pottawatomie County, KS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Pottawatomie County has 37.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Pottawatomie County would have about 60, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 625 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Pottawatomie County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Pottawatomie County at 27,186 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,381 households. Median household income in Pottawatomie County is $92,325, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pottawatomie County scores 81 for sit-down restaurants (high), #107 of 2,405 scored counties.
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