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Sit-down restaurants in Hall County, NE
How Hall County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,781 of 2,405 scored counties
#22 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 164
- 73 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +9.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $89.7M
- On food away from home · $3,650 a household
- Spending per listing
- $547K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 66.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,633
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,650 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Hall County spend about $89.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $547K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Hall County has 164 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 73 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 66.7, 9% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Hall County was 45 in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 546 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Hall County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hall County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hall County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,781 of 2,405 scored counties and #22 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Hall 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 | Hall County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 66.7 | 51.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $547K | $762K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 546 | 555 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.8% | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,650 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,251 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41 → 45+9.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,012
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16473 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 135The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Hall 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 Hall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,633+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,587
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 547 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 114
- Median household income
- $69,251+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,848
- Median home value
- $224,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,068
- Daytime population
- 66,331Residents 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 Hall 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 |
| 22Hall County, NE | 37 | 164 | 66.7 | $547K | +1.4% | #1,781 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Hall County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops35
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Hall County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 164 sit-down restaurants in Hall County. 73 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hall County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $89.7M a year, or $3,650 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 164 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $547K 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 24,587 households in Hall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hall County, NE compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Hall County has 66.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $547K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Hall County would have about 135, against 164 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 546 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Hall County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Hall County at 63,633 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,587 households. Median household income in Hall County is $69,251, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Hall County scores 37 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,781 of 2,405 scored counties.
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