Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Oregon
Convenience stores in the Hood River, OR area
How the Hood River, OR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.2M
- On groceries · $6,394 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.3M
- 81% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,720
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Hood River area spend about $57.2M a year on groceries, or $6,394 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $14.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 81% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Hood River area has 4 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Hood River area in 2023. That is one for every 2,980 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Hood River area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 convenience stores on map listings, the Hood River area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Hood River area compares
The same measures for Oregon and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores 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 area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $14.3M | $7.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,980 | 1,762 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,394 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $88,947 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $460K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- 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 convenience stores in the Hood River 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.
Population and households in the Hood River area
- 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 small-town markets in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Newport, OR | 53 | 15 | 6.5 | $8.7M | +0.3% | #250 of 529 |
| 2Ontario, OR-ID | 52 | 28 | 14.0 | $3.9M | +5.0% | #271 of 529 |
| 3Astoria, OR | 43 | 17 | 9.5 | $6.2M | −0.6% | #346 of 529 |
| 4The Dalles, OR | 43 | 10 | 9.5 | $6M | −1.1% | #347 of 529 |
| 5Coos Bay-North Bend, OR | 37 | 25 | 8.7 | $6.4M | −1.5% | #391 of 529 |
| 6Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 37 | 46 | 13.9 | $4.1M | +1.8% | #400 of 529 |
| 7Roseburg, OR | 35 | 49 | 10.3 | $5.4M | +0.6% | #410 of 529 |
| 8Brookings, OR | 34 | 10 | 9.0 | $6.3M | −3.8% | #418 of 529 |
| 9La Grande, OR | 32 | 12 | 11.0 | $5.1M | −1.0% | #427 of 529 |
| 10Klamath Falls, OR | 26 | 40 | 13.8 | $3.9M | +0.9% | #461 of 529 |
| Hood River, OR | Not scored | 4 | 4.5 | $14.3M | −0.7% |
Other business types in the Hood River area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores30
- Grocery stores30
- Convenience stores
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in the Hood River, OR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 convenience stores in the Hood River area. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Hood River, OR area spend on groceries?
About $57.2M a year, or $6,394 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $14.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,939 households in the Hood River area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hood River, OR area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Hood River area has 4.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $14.3M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Hood River area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,980 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hood River, OR area growing?
Population estimates put the Hood River area at 23,720 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,939 households. The median household income in the Hood River area is $88,947 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.4% 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. 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 Hood River area has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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