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Pizza places in Harlan County, NE

How Harlan County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: 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
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.7M
On food away from home · $3,896 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
69% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.1
3.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,000
−1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pizza places in Harlan County. That is 25.1 per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Harlan County spend about $4.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,896 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per pizza place, 69% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Harlan County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Harlan County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, 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 food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Harlan County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureHarlan CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.19.18.0
Spending per listing$1.6M$4.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)n/a526478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,896$3,946$4,070
Median household income$70,625$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 limited-service restaurants 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

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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The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for pizza places, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Harlan County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, NE8167.1$6.2M+1.8%#70 of 2,090
2Saunders County, NE7989.0$4.8M+6.0%#110 of 2,090
3Sarpy County, NE76618.2$5.6M+9.0%#159 of 2,090
4Cass County, NE681312.0$3.6M+3.9%#380 of 2,090
5Otoe County, NE6157.8$5.1M+3.9%#617 of 2,090
6Douglas County, NE602008.4$4.9M+3.6%#647 of 2,090
7Lancaster County, NE581017.5$5.2M+3.4%#720 of 2,090
8Saline County, NE56611.7$3.3M+1.9%#811 of 2,090
9Platte County, NE441511.0$3.4M+3.9%#1,283 of 2,090
10Hall County, NE432510.2$3.6M+1.4%#1,320 of 2,090
Harlan County, NENot scored325.1$1.6M−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.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Harlan County, NE?

There are 3 pizza places on map listings in Harlan County as of September 2026. The listings count pizza restaurants. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Harlan County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Harlan County, NE spend on food away from home?

About $4.7M a year, or $3,896 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. 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 pizza places?

Harlan County has 25.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.6M, 69% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Harlan County would have about 1, against 3 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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