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Grocery and convenience stores in Red Willow County, NE
How Red Willow 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 · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,151 of 2,402 scored counties
#14 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.7M
- On groceries · $5,714 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,307
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 grocery and convenience stores in Red Willow County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,714 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Red Willow County spend about $25.7M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.7M per store, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Red Willow County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Red Willow County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Red Willow County is 51 (upper middle), #1,151 of 2,402 scored counties and #14 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Red Willow 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 | Red Willow County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $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 | −3.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,714 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,697 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 71 chain location
- 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 grocery and convenience stores in Red Willow 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 Red Willow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,307−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,504
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $63,697+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,040
- Median home value
- $159,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,147
- Daytime population
- 10,621Residents 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 |
| 14Red Willow County, NE | 51 | 7 | 15.5 | $3.7M | −3.5% | #1,151 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Red Willow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- 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 Red Willow County, NE?
Red Willow County has 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Red Willow County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Red Willow County, NE spend on groceries?
About $25.7M a year, or $5,714 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,504 households in Red Willow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Red Willow County, NE compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Red Willow County has 15.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Red Willow County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Red Willow County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Red Willow County at 10,307 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,504 households. Median household income in Red Willow County is $63,697, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. Red Willow County scores 51 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,151 of 2,402 scored counties.
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