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Grocery and convenience stores in Gilliam County, OR

How Gilliam County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.9M
On groceries · $5,577 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
22.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
1,971
−2.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery and convenience stores in Gilliam County. That is 22.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on groceries in Gilliam County comes to about $4.9M a year: $5,577 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.4M per store.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Gilliam County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Gilliam County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Gilliam 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 grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Gilliam County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureGilliam CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.919.618.7
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a9941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,577$6,152$6,319
Median household income$66,917$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Gilliam 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 Gilliam County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,971−2.1% since 2020
Households
875
Median age
51.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
1,205 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$66,917
Average household income
$81,672
Median home value
$189,300
Jobs located here
791
Daytime population
1,853Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Gilliam County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Deschutes County, OR7314016.5$3.9M+6.8%#355 of 2,402
2Washington County, OR7232613.8$4.8M+1.8%#377 of 2,402
3Polk County, OR724714.2$4.3M+2.3%#383 of 2,402
4Clackamas County, OR6924915.2$4.4M+0.9%#456 of 2,402
5Columbia County, OR683516.7$3.7M+2.6%#498 of 2,402
6Benton County, OR636516.9$3.6M+4.4%#660 of 2,402
7Marion County, OR5024719.5$3.1M+2.7%#1,202 of 2,402
8Crook County, OR502826.0$2.4M+10.6%#1,215 of 2,402
9Yamhill County, OR498822.4$2.8M+2.2%#1,246 of 2,402
10Jefferson County, OR481921.6$2.7M+4.7%#1,289 of 2,402
Gilliam County, ORNot scored222.9$2.4M−2.1%

Other business types in Gilliam County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Gilliam County, OR?

Gilliam County has 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Gilliam County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Gilliam County, OR spend on groceries?

About $4.9M a year, or $5,577 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 875 households in Gilliam County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gilliam County, OR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Gilliam County has 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Gilliam County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Gilliam County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Gilliam County at 1,971 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 875 households. Median household income in Gilliam County is $66,917, 17% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Gilliam County

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