Groceries and convenience · County · Oregon
Convenience stores in Hood River County, OR
The convenience stores in Hood River County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 convenience stores in Hood River County. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Hood River County spend about $57.2M a year on groceries, or $6,394 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $14.3M per store, 81% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Hood River County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,980 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hood River County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 convenience stores on map listings, Hood River County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
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 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 County | 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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia County, OR | 79 | 9 | 4.3 | $14.2M | +2.6% | #182 of 2,261 |
| 2Deschutes County, OR | 77 | 49 | 5.8 | $11.1M | +6.8% | #245 of 2,261 |
| 3Washington County, OR | 71 | 127 | 5.4 | $12.4M | +1.8% | #392 of 2,261 |
| 4Clackamas County, OR | 68 | 88 | 5.4 | $12.3M | +0.9% | #476 of 2,261 |
| 5Benton County, OR | 65 | 26 | 6.7 | $8.9M | +4.4% | #574 of 2,261 |
| 6Polk County, OR | 61 | 25 | 7.6 | $8.1M | +2.3% | #712 of 2,261 |
| 7Jefferson County, OR | 56 | 7 | 7.9 | $7.4M | +4.7% | #892 of 2,261 |
| 8Yamhill County, OR | 55 | 34 | 8.7 | $7.2M | +2.2% | #929 of 2,261 |
| 9Crook County, OR | 54 | 12 | 11.1 | $5.5M | +10.6% | #991 of 2,261 |
| 10Marion County, OR | 52 | 102 | 8.0 | $7.5M | +2.7% | #1,049 of 2,261 |
| Hood River County, OR | Not scored | 4 | 4.5 | $14.3M | −0.7% |
Other business types in Hood River County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores29
- 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 Hood River County, OR?
Hood River County has 4 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Hood River County, OR 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. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. 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 convenience stores?
Hood River County 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 national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Hood River County 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 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 has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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