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Coffee shops and cafes in Hood River County, OR
How Hood River County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,936 of 2,063 scored counties
#16 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 31
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $39M
- On food away from home · $4,361 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.7
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,720
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Hood River County is 23 (low), #1,936 of 2,063 scored counties and #16 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Hood River County spend about $39M a year on food away from home, or $4,361 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 31 coffee shops and cafes, that is $1.3M per cafe, 66% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Hood River County has 31 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 34.7 per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Hood River County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 447 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $55K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Hood River County. Population estimates show Hood River County declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hood River County 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.
| Measure | Hood River County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.7 | 18.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.2M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 447 | 1,025 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,361 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,947 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 20All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 199
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $55K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Hood River 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in Hood River County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,720−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,939
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $88,947+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,854
- Median home value
- $660,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,643
- Daytime population
- 25,339Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 58 | 14 | 13.0 | $3M | +10.6% | #708 of 2,063 |
| 2Polk County, OR | 53 | 35 | 10.6 | $3.8M | +2.3% | #898 of 2,063 |
| 3Washington County, OR | 46 | 323 | 13.7 | $3.4M | +1.8% | #1,178 of 2,063 |
| 4Jefferson County, OR | 45 | 17 | 19.3 | $1.9M | +4.7% | #1,228 of 2,063 |
| 5Columbia County, OR | 44 | 25 | 11.9 | $3.3M | +2.6% | #1,251 of 2,063 |
| 6Clackamas County, OR | 42 | 237 | 14.5 | $3.2M | +0.9% | #1,324 of 2,063 |
| 7Deschutes County, OR | 38 | 179 | 21.1 | $2.1M | +6.8% | #1,503 of 2,063 |
| 8Marion County, OR | 37 | 196 | 15.4 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #1,531 of 2,063 |
| 9Benton County, OR | 37 | 72 | 18.7 | $2.1M | +4.4% | #1,537 of 2,063 |
| 10Yamhill County, OR | 35 | 73 | 18.6 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #1,595 of 2,063 |
| 16Hood River County, OR | 23 | 31 | 34.7 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #1,936 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Hood River County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops28
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Hood River County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 coffee shops and cafes in Hood River County. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in Hood River County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $39M a year, or $4,361 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,939 households in Hood River County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hood River County, OR compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Hood River County has 34.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.3M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Hood River County would have about 11, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 447 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Hood River County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Hood River County at 23,720 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,939 households. Median household income in Hood River County is $88,947, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. Hood River County scores 23 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,936 of 2,063 scored counties.
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