Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Nebraska
Convenience stores in the Lexington, NE area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Lexington, NE area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #287 of 529 scored small-town markets
#8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $59M
- On groceries · $5,915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,255
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 convenience stores in the Lexington area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 13.0 per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,915 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Lexington area spend about $59M a year on groceries. That works out to $4.5M per store, 42% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Lexington area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lexington area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lexington area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #287 of 529 scored small-town markets and #8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Lexington area 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 | Lexington area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $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 | +1.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,915 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,652 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 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
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Lexington area, 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 the Lexington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,255+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,981
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,472 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $70,652+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,728
- Median home value
- $169,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,857
- Daytime population
- 25,770Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Lexington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fremont, NE | 82 | 9 | 5.9 | $10M | +2.6% | #13 of 529 |
| 2Columbus, NE | 82 | 13 | 7.5 | $8M | +3.8% | #14 of 529 |
| 3Kearney, NE | 80 | 16 | 7.0 | $8.6M | +1.9% | #22 of 529 |
| 4Norfolk, NE | 74 | 12 | 6.1 | $9.5M | +1.1% | #54 of 529 |
| 5Scottsbluff, NE | 66 | 10 | 6.5 | $8.7M | −1.2% | #118 of 529 |
| 6Beatrice, NE | 65 | 7 | 7.5 | $7.7M | +0.2% | #127 of 529 |
| 7Hastings, NE | 62 | 14 | 8.2 | $7.1M | −0.2% | #159 of 529 |
| 8Lexington, NE | 50 | 13 | 13.0 | $4.5M | +1.1% | #287 of 529 |
| 9North Platte, NE | 27 | 22 | 14.5 | $4M | −3.6% | #458 of 529 |
Other business types in the Lexington area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores46
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores50
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 the Lexington, NE area?
There are 13 convenience stores on map listings in the Lexington area as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Lexington area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Lexington, NE area spend on groceries?
About $59M a year, or $5,915 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,981 households in the Lexington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington, NE area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Lexington area has 13.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.5M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Lexington area would have about 8, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is the Lexington, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington area at 26,255 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,981 households. Median household income in the Lexington area is $70,652, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lexington area scores 50 for convenience stores (upper middle), #287 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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