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Sit-down restaurants in Colfax County, NE
The sit-down restaurants in Colfax County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,169 of 2,405 scored counties
#14 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 20
- 8 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On food away from home · $3,926 a household
- Spending per listing
- $728K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.0
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,934
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,926 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Colfax County spend about $14.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 20 sit-down restaurants, that is $728K per restaurant, 10% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 20 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Colfax County as of September 2026. 8 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 54.0 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Colfax County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 412 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Colfax County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Colfax County is 50 (upper middle), #1,169 of 2,405 scored counties and #14 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Colfax 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Colfax County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.0 | 51.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $728K | $762K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 412 | 555 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,926 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,530 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $715K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 208 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 full-service restaurants in Colfax 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 Colfax County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,934+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 3,707
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $82,530+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,003
- Median home value
- $144,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,506
- Daytime population
- 10,234Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Colfax County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 89 | 285 | 38.5 | $1.2M | +9.0% | #31 of 2,405 |
| 2Cass County, NE | 81 | 42 | 38.8 | $1.1M | +3.9% | #108 of 2,405 |
| 3Seward County, NE | 75 | 28 | 41.2 | $971K | +2.3% | #245 of 2,405 |
| 4Washington County, NE | 72 | 31 | 36.8 | $1.2M | +1.8% | #311 of 2,405 |
| 5Saunders County, NE | 67 | 40 | 44.9 | $955K | +6.0% | #457 of 2,405 |
| 6Lancaster County, NE | 66 | 646 | 48.2 | $806K | +3.4% | #499 of 2,405 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 66 | 70 | 51.3 | $726K | +3.9% | #505 of 2,405 |
| 8Otoe County, NE | 65 | 39 | 61.1 | $648K | +3.9% | #545 of 2,405 |
| 9Douglas County, NE | 54 | 1,388 | 58.2 | $711K | +3.6% | #1,001 of 2,405 |
| 10Gage County, NE | 54 | 48 | 51.5 | $697K | +0.2% | #1,005 of 2,405 |
| 14Colfax County, NE | 50 | 20 | 54.0 | $728K | +3.6% | #1,169 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Colfax County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Colfax County, NE?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 sit-down restaurants in Colfax County. 8 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Colfax County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $14.6M a year, or $3,926 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $728K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,707 households in Colfax County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colfax County, NE compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Colfax County has 54.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $728K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Colfax County would have about 22, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 412 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Colfax County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Colfax County at 10,934 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,707 households. Median household income in Colfax County is $82,530, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.2%, 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. Colfax County scores 50 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,169 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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