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Grocery and convenience stores in Harlan County, NE
How Harlan County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On groceries · $5,985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.8
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,000
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,985 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Harlan County spend about $7.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.4M per store, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Harlan County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 41.8 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Harlan County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Harlan County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Harlan 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 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 | Harlan County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.8 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,662 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,985 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,625 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Harlan 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 Harlan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,000−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 1,197
- Median age
- 49.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $70,625
- Average household income
- $104,199
- Median home value
- $145,800
- Jobs located here
- 873
- Daytime population
- 2,441Residents 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 | 96 | 73 | 9.9 | $6.8M | +9.0% | #5 of 2,402 |
| 2Washington County, NE | 83 | 9 | 10.7 | $6.1M | +1.8% | #121 of 2,402 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 83 | 17 | 15.7 | $4.1M | +3.9% | #133 of 2,402 |
| 4Seward County, NE | 82 | 6 | 8.8 | $7M | +2.3% | #142 of 2,402 |
| 5Lancaster County, NE | 80 | 173 | 12.9 | $4.7M | +3.4% | #179 of 2,402 |
| 6Douglas County, NE | 77 | 387 | 16.2 | $3.8M | +3.6% | #247 of 2,402 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 74 | 24 | 17.6 | $3.4M | +3.9% | #331 of 2,402 |
| 8Adams County, NE | 72 | 18 | 13.8 | $4.3M | −0.3% | #384 of 2,402 |
| 9Saunders County, NE | 70 | 17 | 19.1 | $3.4M | +6.0% | #446 of 2,402 |
| 10Buffalo County, NE | 67 | 41 | 20.5 | $2.9M | +1.9% | #541 of 2,402 |
| Harlan County, NE | Not scored | 5 | 41.8 | $1.4M | −1.9% |
Other business types in Harlan County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- 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 Harlan County, NE?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 grocery and convenience stores in Harlan County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Harlan County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Harlan County, NE spend on groceries?
About $7.2M a year, or $5,985 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,197 households in Harlan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harlan County, NE compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Harlan County has 41.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Harlan County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Harlan County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Harlan County at 3,000 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,197 households. The median household income in Harlan County is $70,625 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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