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Sit-down restaurants in Saline County, KS
The sit-down restaurants in Saline County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,757 of 2,405 scored counties
#23 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 119
- 59 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +41.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.5M
- On food away from home · $3,532 a household
- Spending per listing
- $668K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,377
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Saline County spend about $79.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,532 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $668K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Saline County has 119 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.8, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 41 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as full-service restaurants, up 41.4% from 2019. That is one for every 549 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Saline County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For sit-down restaurants, Saline County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,757 of 2,405 scored counties and #23 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Saline 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 | Saline County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.8 | 53.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $668K | $725K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 549 | 534 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +41.4% | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,532 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,422 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 41+41.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11959 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 120The 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 Saline 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 Saline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,377−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 22,523
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 720 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $65,422+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,965
- Median home value
- $179,600
- Jobs located here
- 28,888
- Daytime population
- 57,460Residents 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 Saline 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 |
| 23Saline County, KS | 37 | 119 | 52.8 | $668K | −1.6% | #1,757 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Saline County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes30
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops19
- Pizza24
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Saline County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 119 sit-down restaurants in Saline County. 59 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 41.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Saline County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $79.5M a year, or $3,532 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $668K 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 22,523 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saline County, KS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Saline County has 52.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $668K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Saline County would have about 120, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 549 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 41.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Saline County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Saline County at 53,377 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,523 households. Median household income in Saline County is $65,422, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Saline County scores 37 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,757 of 2,405 scored counties.
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