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Convenience stores in Custer County, NE
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Custer County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $26.1M
- On groceries · $5,800 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,500
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Custer County spend about $26.1M a year on groceries, or $5,800 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Custer County has 4 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 8.9 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Custer County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 convenience stores on map listings, Custer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Custer County compares
The same measures for Nebraska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores 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 | Custer County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $7.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,756 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,800 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,906 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
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
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 convenience stores in Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,5000.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,502
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,576 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $67,906+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,495
- Median home value
- $157,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,714
- Daytime population
- 9,965Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 94 | 33 | 4.5 | $15M | +9.0% | #10 of 2,261 |
| 2Saunders County, NE | 88 | 5 | 5.6 | $11.4M | +6.0% | #57 of 2,261 |
| 3Lancaster County, NE | 84 | 72 | 5.4 | $11.2M | +3.4% | #100 of 2,261 |
| 4Douglas County, NE | 84 | 149 | 6.2 | $10M | +3.6% | #104 of 2,261 |
| 5Platte County, NE | 80 | 6 | 4.4 | $13.5M | +3.9% | #161 of 2,261 |
| 6Cass County, NE | 77 | 9 | 8.3 | $7.8M | +3.9% | #259 of 2,261 |
| 7Dodge County, NE | 73 | 9 | 5.9 | $10M | +2.6% | #343 of 2,261 |
| 8Madison County, NE | 66 | 8 | 5.5 | $10.4M | +1.6% | #542 of 2,261 |
| 9Buffalo County, NE | 65 | 16 | 8.0 | $7.5M | +1.9% | #588 of 2,261 |
| 10Scotts Bluff County, NE | 58 | 10 | 6.6 | $8.5M | −1.3% | #820 of 2,261 |
| Custer County, NE | Not scored | 4 | 8.9 | $6.5M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Custer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Custer County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 convenience stores in Custer County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Custer County, NE spend on groceries?
About $26.1M a year, or $5,800 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.5M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,502 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, NE compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Custer County has 8.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Custer County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Custer County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 10,500 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,502 households. The median household income in Custer County is $67,906 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Custer County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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