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Tire shops in Rice County, KS
How Rice County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,173 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,266
- −1.2% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Rice County
The site report maps the tire shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Rice County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $1,173 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Rice County spend about $4.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Rice County has 2 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in Rice County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rice County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Rice County compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops 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 | Rice County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,516 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,173 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,925 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 tire dealers in Rice 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 Rice County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,266−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 3,714
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $63,925
- Average household income
- $81,167
- Median home value
- $104,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 8,950Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Rice County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the tire shops on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Rice County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for tire shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Rice County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leavenworth County, KS | 90 | 5 | 1.7 | $7.5M | +3.2% | #13 of 1,530 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 79 | 67 | 2.7 | $4.4M | +4.2% | #110 of 1,530 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 77 | 10 | 3.9 | $3.3M | +3.1% | #139 of 1,530 |
| 4Douglas County, KS | 74 | 14 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +1.8% | #179 of 1,530 |
| 5Sedgwick County, KS | 57 | 93 | 4.5 | $2.4M | +2.6% | #612 of 1,530 |
| 6Sumner County, KS | 57 | 5 | 5.6 | $2.3M | −0.1% | #614 of 1,530 |
| 7Reno County, KS | 56 | 9 | 3.5 | $3.2M | −0.6% | #623 of 1,530 |
| 8Wyandotte County, KS | 53 | 28 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +1.0% | #702 of 1,530 |
| 9Harvey County, KS | 50 | 7 | 5.1 | $2.3M | −1.2% | #780 of 1,530 |
| 10Riley County, KS | 47 | 12 | 4.3 | $2.4M | +0.8% | #844 of 1,530 |
| Rice County, KS | Not scored | 2 | 5.4 | $2.2M | −1.2% |
Other business types in Rice County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Rice County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 tire shops in Rice County. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Rice County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rice County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.4M a year, or $1,173 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,714 households in Rice County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rice County, KS compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Rice County has 2 tire shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending.
How fast is Rice County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Rice County at 9,266 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,714 households. The median household income in Rice County is $63,925 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Rice County. It maps the tire shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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