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Restaurants and cafes in Seward County, NE
The restaurants and cafes in Seward County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #605 of 2,405 scored counties
#6 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 59
- 26 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- +27.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.2M
- On food away from home · $4,005 a household
- Spending per listing
- $461K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 86.9
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,032
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 restaurants and cafes in Seward County. 26 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 86.9, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Seward County comes to about $27.2M a year: $4,005 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $461K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in Seward County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 27.3% from 2019. That is one for every 242 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $140K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Seward County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Seward County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Seward County is 64 (upper middle), #605 of 2,405 scored counties and #6 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Seward 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Seward County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 86.9 | 105.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $461K | $374K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 242 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.3% | +6.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,005 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,444 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 28+27.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 406
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5926 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $140K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Seward 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 Seward County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,032+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,788
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $82,444+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,633
- Median home value
- $241,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,998
- Daytime population
- 14,864Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, NE | 85 | 83 | 76.6 | $568K | +3.9% | #65 of 2,405 |
| 2Sarpy County, NE | 83 | 595 | 80.3 | $575K | +9.0% | #93 of 2,405 |
| 3Washington County, NE | 82 | 55 | 65.3 | $673K | +1.8% | #103 of 2,405 |
| 4Saunders County, NE | 76 | 84 | 94.4 | $455K | +6.0% | #228 of 2,405 |
| 5Colfax County, NE | 65 | 33 | 89.0 | $441K | +3.6% | #572 of 2,405 |
| 6Seward County, NE | 64 | 59 | 86.9 | $461K | +2.3% | #605 of 2,405 |
| 7Lancaster County, NE | 55 | 1,307 | 97.4 | $398K | +3.4% | #971 of 2,405 |
| 8Gage County, NE | 55 | 90 | 96.5 | $372K | +0.2% | #986 of 2,405 |
| 9Otoe County, NE | 55 | 77 | 120.6 | $328K | +3.9% | #992 of 2,405 |
| 10Saline County, NE | 52 | 58 | 112.8 | $341K | +1.9% | #1,111 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Seward County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops59
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Seward County, NE?
There are 59 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Seward County as of September 2026. 26 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Seward County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $27.2M a year, or $4,005 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $461K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,788 households in Seward County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Seward County, NE compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Seward County has 86.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $461K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Seward County would have about 73, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 242 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Seward County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Seward County at 18,032 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,788 households. The median household income in Seward County is $82,444 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.1% 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. Seward County scores 64 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #605 of 2,405 scored counties.
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