Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Nebraska
Grocery and convenience stores in the Hastings, NE area
How the Hastings, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #115 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 29
- 10 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $100M
- On groceries · $5,863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,577
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,863 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Hastings area spend about $100M a year on groceries. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Hastings area has 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.0 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Hastings area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,706 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Hastings area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Hastings area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #115 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Hastings 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 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 | Hastings area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,706 | 1,662 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,863 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,510 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 234
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2910 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 grocery and convenience stores in the Hastings 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 Hastings area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,577−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,059
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $69,510
- Average household income
- $91,112
- Median home value
- $175,200
- Jobs located here
- 18,629
- Daytime population
- 39,802Residents 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 grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Hastings area marked.
Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kearney, NE | 75 | 45 | 19.7 | $3M | +1.9% | #40 of 538 |
| 2Hastings, NE | 66 | 29 | 17.0 | $3.4M | −0.2% | #115 of 538 |
| 3Scottsbluff, NE | 63 | 27 | 17.6 | $3.2M | −1.2% | #142 of 538 |
| 4Columbus, NE | 61 | 42 | 24.2 | $2.5M | +3.8% | #173 of 538 |
| 5Norfolk, NE | 59 | 36 | 18.4 | $3.2M | +1.1% | #185 of 538 |
| 6Fremont, NE | 53 | 35 | 23.1 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #257 of 538 |
| 7Lexington, NE | 46 | 28 | 28.1 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #324 of 538 |
| 8Beatrice, NE | 44 | 25 | 26.8 | $2.2M | +0.2% | #343 of 538 |
| 9North Platte, NE | 42 | 37 | 24.4 | $2.3M | −3.6% | #364 of 538 |
Other business types in the Hastings area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores66
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores62
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 the Hastings, NE area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 grocery and convenience stores in the Hastings area. 10 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Hastings, NE area spend on groceries?
About $100M a year, or $5,863 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,059 households in the Hastings area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hastings, NE area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Hastings area has 17.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Hastings area would have about 30, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,706 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hastings, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Hastings area at 40,577 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,059 households. The median household income in the Hastings area is $69,510 a year, 14% 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. 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 Hastings area scores 66 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #115 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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