BizGapMap

Home / Hotels & motels / Kansas / Sedgwick County, KS

Sedgwick County, KS — Hotels Saturation

How many hotels exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 46 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Hotels · Motels · Motor inns. Counted together because official statistics use one 721110 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.87× the U.S. rate (between 0.87× and 1.59× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 36 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 32 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Sedgwick County hotels — 87–159% of the U.S. rate

78 hotels are counted in Sedgwick County — 1.2 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 87% of the U.S. rate of 1.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 9% between 2015 and 2023 (54 → 59). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 67209 (Wichita), 67207 (Wichita), 67211 (Wichita) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 67203 (Wichita), 67220 (Wichita), 67219 (Wichita).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 90 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Sedgwick County sits at 87% of the U.S. rate for hotels. 32 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 87% and 159% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 67209 and 67207; the lowest measured density is in 67203 and 67220.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing hotels and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Hotels
78–150
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (36 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.2
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.4
per 10,000 present
County index
0.87×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
90
2023 — $59M annual payroll
Residents
528,787
42 ZIPs with data
Workers
234,524
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
536,081
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+11,244 people
Net migration 2024
+3,964
international +3,206, domestic +758
Jobs located here
254,167
LODES 2022, −2.8% since 2019

Sedgwick County had an estimated 536,081 residents on July 1, 2024 — 2.1% more than in 2020 (+11,244). In the latest year it gained 5,827 people: births minus deaths +1,840, international migration +3,206, domestic migration +758. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

254,167 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−2.8% since 2019), and 233,273 employed residents lived there (−2.0% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
67101 Maize
+41.5%
67037 Derby
+6.8%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant decrease.

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses

Not shown. Census publishes hotels only combined with other traveler accommodation (NAICS 7211), so a hotels-and-motels-only nonemployer count is not published.

Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024 (NAICS 2022). We do not approximate this figure.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more hotels in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 9% since 2015

Number of hotels in Sedgwick County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

54
2015
54
2018
61
2020
63
2021
66
2022
59
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
67209 Wichita
634%
67207 Wichita
287%
67211 Wichita
220%
67216 Wichita
199%
67206 Wichita
177%
67226 Wichita
162%
67219 Wichita
119%
67220 Wichita
106%
67203 Wichita
62%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
67203 Wichita
62%
67220 Wichita
106%
67219 Wichita
119%
67226 Wichita
162%
67206 Wichita
177%
67216 Wichita
199%
67211 Wichita
220%
67207 Wichita
287%
67209 Wichita
634%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few hotels may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersHotelsIndex
67202Wichita Employment hub 2,04616,934 10 689%

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = hotels per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersHotels Per 10kIndexStatus
67202Wichita 2,04616,934 10 9.5 689% Very high density
67209Wichita 13,28916,841 19 8.8 634% Very high density
67207Wichita 27,41410,837 13 4.0 287% Very high density
67211Wichita 19,1057,796 7 3.0 220% High density
67216Wichita 23,2544,559 7 2.7 199% High density
67206Wichita 17,38014,471 6 2.4 177% High density
67226Wichita 21,59619,266 7 2.2 162% High density
67219Wichita 12,58611,296 3 1.6 119% Above average
67220Wichita 16,2708,295 3 1.5 106% Above average
67203Wichita 30,7108,475 3 0.9 62% Below average
67001Andale 2,535376 0–2 — — Not published
67025Cheney 3,940683 0–2 — — Not published
67026Clearwater 5,692508 0–2 — — Not published
67030Colwich 3,0371,203 0–2 — — Not published
67037Derby 30,2786,436 0–2 — — Not published
67050Garden Plain 1,907169 0–2 — — Not published
67052Goddard 9,2621,951 0–2 — — Not published
67060Haysville 14,1251,326 0–2 — — Not published
67067Kechi 2,293403 0–2 — — Not published
67101Maize 6,9411,504 0–2 — — Not published
67108Mount Hope 1,384182 0–2 — — Not published
67110Mulvane 8,7221,361 0–2 — — Not published
67147Valley Center 10,7921,674 0–2 — — Not published
67149Viola 844150 0–2 — — Not published
67201Wichita —3,114 0–2 — — Not published
67204Wichita 22,5383,117 0–2 — — Not published
67205Wichita 20,0989,442 0–2 — — Not published
67208Wichita 18,9508,267 0–2 — — Not published
67210Wichita 9,02413,220 0–2 — — Not published
67212Wichita 42,9027,779 0–2 — — Not published
67213Wichita 19,69911,965 0–2 — — Not published
67214Wichita 15,24314,826 0–2 — — Not published
67215Wichita 7,1294,296 0–2 — — Not published
67217Wichita 32,6037,914 0–2 — — Not published
67218Wichita 23,38313,740 0–2 — — Not published
67221Mcconnell Afb 325201 0–2 — — Not published
67223Wichita 84933 0–2 — — Not published
67227Wichita 15291 0–2 — — Not published
67228Wichita 2,424103 0–2 — — Not published
67230Wichita 11,981755 0–2 — — Not published
67232Wichita 60745 0–2 — — Not published
67235Wichita 14,9581,642 0–2 — — Not published
67260Wichita 520392 0–2 — — Not published
67275Wichita —68 0–2 — — Not published
67277Wichita —405 0–2 — — Not published
67278Wichita —182 0–2 — — Not published

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

Find an actual space in Wichita

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

LoopNet
Largest commercial marketplace
Browse Wichita retail space →
Crexi
Free listings + market data
Browse Wichita retail space →
CityFeet
Retail space for lease
Browse Wichita retail space →

Open vacancy data (actual empty units) is only published by some cities; where it exists we show it directly. Listings above are third-party.

Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

Follow Sedgwick County and hotels

When a data vintage changes or a section of this report is revised, we post it to a public update feed. No email address, no account, no tracking — and nothing is sent unless something actually changed.

Subscribe to updates (RSS) How these numbers are built →

Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 721110 — hotels (except casino hotels) and motels. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 90 establishments and $59M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (1.38 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

Read the full methodology →  ·  Data sources & vintages →

BizGapMap — free, no-login small-business saturation reports for major U.S. counties. Built entirely from public U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS data (ZBP 2023, ACS 2024 5-year, PEP 2024, LODES, QCEW, IRS SOI). No forecasts, no revenue guesses — withheld cells are marked, and the few derived counts are labelled as estimates.