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Coffee shops and cafes in the Baker City, OR area

How the Baker City, OR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #518 of 529 scored small-town markets
#10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon

Listings
14
5 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
5
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$24.3M
On food away from home · $3,305 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.0
73% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,658
−0.4% 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

For coffee shops and cafes, the Baker City area has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #518 of 529 scored small-town markets and #10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 coffee shops and cafes in the Baker City area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 36%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 19.0 per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Households in the Baker City area spend about $24.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,305 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per cafe, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Baker City area in 2023. That is one for every 1,471 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Baker City area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Baker City area compares

The same measures for Oregon and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Baker City, OR area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBaker City areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.018.611.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.2M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,4711,0251,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.5%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,305$4,070$4,070
Median household income$60,936$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score2122

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$982K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
145 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Baker City area, 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Population and households in the Baker City area

Population, 2025 estimate
16,658−0.4% since 2020
Households
7,355
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,068 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$60,936
Average household income
$76,443
Median home value
$285,600
Jobs located here
5,330
Daytime population
16,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Oregon

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oregon for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Baker City area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oregon

Small-town markets in Oregon ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hermiston-Pendleton, OR364914.8$2.4M+1.8%#425 of 529
2Roseburg, OR316413.5$2.5M+0.6%#461 of 529
3Ontario, OR-ID313015.0$2.2M+5.0%#463 of 529
4Klamath Falls, OR314314.8$2.2M+0.9%#464 of 529
5Hood River, OR263134.7$1.3M−0.7%#496 of 529
6The Dalles, OR232422.7$1.5M−1.1%#508 of 529
7Astoria, OR226133.9$1.1M−0.6%#512 of 529
8Coos Bay-North Bend, OR215218.1$1.9M−1.5%#515 of 529
9La Grande, OR212119.3$1.8M−1.0%#516 of 529
10Baker City, OR211419.0$1.7M−0.4%#518 of 529

Other business types in the Baker City area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Baker City, OR area?

There are 14 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Baker City area as of September 2026. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.

How much do households in the Baker City, OR area spend on food away from home?

About $24.3M a year, or $3,305 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,355 households in the Baker City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Baker City, OR area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Baker City area has 19.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.7M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Baker City area would have about 7, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,471 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is the Baker City, OR area growing?

Population estimates put the Baker City area at 16,658 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,355 households. The median household income in the Baker City area is $60,936 a year, 25% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Baker City area scores 21 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #518 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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