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Gas stations in the Kearney, NE area
How the Kearney, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #210 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 38
- 35 chain locations (92%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- +6.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $70.3M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,082 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,962
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 gas stations in the Kearney area. Chain locations make up 92% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 16.7 per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Households in the Kearney area spend about $70.3M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,082 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. Spread across 38 gas stations, that is $1.8M per station, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Kearney area was 37 in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 616 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kearney area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, the Kearney area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #210 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Kearney area compares
The same measures for Nebraska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Kearney area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 11.7 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 616 | 821 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.1% | −1.2% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,082 | $2,889 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $76,109 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37+6.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 413
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3835 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 gasoline stations in the Kearney 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 Kearney area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,962+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 22,798
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,484 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $76,109+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,670
- Median home value
- $242,600
- Jobs located here
- 29,261
- Daytime population
- 59,015Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 66 | 23 | 13.2 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #106 of 536 |
| 2Beatrice, NE | 63 | 15 | 16.1 | $1.9M | +0.2% | #136 of 536 |
| 3Kearney, NE | 56 | 38 | 16.7 | $1.8M | +1.9% | #210 of 536 |
| 4Fremont, NE | 55 | 27 | 17.8 | $1.7M | +2.6% | #218 of 536 |
| 5Norfolk, NE | 52 | 29 | 14.8 | $2M | +1.1% | #246 of 536 |
| 6Scottsbluff, NE | 51 | 22 | 14.3 | $2M | −1.2% | #262 of 536 |
| 7Hastings, NE | 42 | 37 | 21.7 | $1.4M | −0.2% | #359 of 536 |
| 8Lexington, NE | 39 | 25 | 25.0 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #391 of 536 |
| 9North Platte, NE | 32 | 30 | 19.8 | $1.5M | −3.6% | #442 of 536 |
Other business types in the Kearney area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Kearney, NE area?
The Kearney area has 38 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kearney, NE area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $70.3M a year, or $3,082 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,798 households in the Kearney area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kearney, NE area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Kearney area has 16.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.8M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Kearney area would have about 30, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 616 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kearney, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Kearney area at 57,962 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,798 households. The median household income in the Kearney area is $76,109 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. 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 Kearney area scores 56 for gas stations (upper middle), #210 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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