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Grocery and convenience stores in Nemaha County, KS
How Nemaha County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,826 of 2,402 scored counties
#34 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On groceries · $6,005 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.8
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,054
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Nemaha County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,826 of 2,402 scored counties and #34 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Nemaha County spend about $24.2M a year on groceries, or $6,005 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Nemaha County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That is 29.8 per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Nemaha County in 2023. That is one for every 1,344 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nemaha County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Nemaha County compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and 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 | Nemaha County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.8 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,344 | 2,035 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,005 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,348 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Nemaha 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 Nemaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,054−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,031
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $77,348+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,466
- Median home value
- $217,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,896
- Daytime population
- 10,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Nemaha County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 91 | 16 | 11.6 | $5.4M | +5.9% | #36 of 2,402 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 89 | 284 | 11.4 | $6.1M | +4.2% | #52 of 2,402 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 88 | 21 | 8.3 | $7.5M | +3.1% | #61 of 2,402 |
| 4Leavenworth County, KS | 88 | 30 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +3.2% | #62 of 2,402 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 79 | 59 | 11.7 | $5.1M | +1.8% | #193 of 2,402 |
| 6Jackson County, KS | 76 | 5 | 10.0 | $6M | +1.5% | #257 of 2,402 |
| 7Sedgwick County, KS | 76 | 285 | 13.8 | $4.3M | +2.6% | #265 of 2,402 |
| 8Shawnee County, KS | 74 | 79 | 10.5 | $5.6M | 0.0% | #307 of 2,402 |
| 9Sumner County, KS | 72 | 11 | 12.3 | $4.7M | −0.1% | #379 of 2,402 |
| 10Ellis County, KS | 69 | 17 | 13.9 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #459 of 2,402 |
| 34Nemaha County, KS | 34 | 12 | 29.8 | $2M | −2.1% | #1,826 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Nemaha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores34
- 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 grocery and convenience stores are in Nemaha County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 grocery and convenience stores in Nemaha County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Nemaha County, KS spend on groceries?
About $24.2M a year, or $6,005 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,031 households in Nemaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nemaha County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Nemaha County has 29.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Nemaha County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,344 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Nemaha County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Nemaha County at 10,054 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,031 households. The median household income in Nemaha County is $77,348 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Nemaha County scores 34 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,826 of 2,402 scored counties.
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