Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Oregon
Grocery and convenience stores in the Klamath Falls, OR area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Klamath Falls, OR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #468 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 76
- 24 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $157.9M
- On groceries · $5,444 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.2
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,274
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Klamath Falls area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #468 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 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 76 grocery and convenience stores in the Klamath Falls area. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.2, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,444 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Klamath Falls area spend about $157.9M a year on groceries. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in the Klamath Falls area classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 906 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Klamath Falls area. Population estimates put the population change in the Klamath Falls area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Klamath Falls 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 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.
| Measure | Klamath Falls area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.2 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 906 | 994 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.0% | +6.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,444 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,830 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32−3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 504
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7624 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Klamath Falls 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 Klamath Falls area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,274+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 28,999
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $58,830+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,046
- Median home value
- $280,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,844
- Daytime population
- 67,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oregon for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Klamath Falls area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1The Dalles, OR | 42 | 21 | 19.9 | $2.8M | −1.1% | #363 of 538 |
| 2Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 37 | 92 | 27.9 | $2.1M | +1.8% | #406 of 538 |
| 3Roseburg, OR | 34 | 109 | 22.9 | $2.4M | +0.6% | #421 of 538 |
| 4Astoria, OR | 33 | 48 | 26.7 | $2.2M | −0.6% | #430 of 538 |
| 5Newport, OR | 32 | 59 | 25.5 | $2.2M | +0.3% | #440 of 538 |
| 6Hood River, OR | 30 | 33 | 36.9 | $1.7M | −0.7% | #455 of 538 |
| 7Ontario, OR-ID | 30 | 72 | 36.0 | $1.5M | +5.0% | #457 of 538 |
| 8La Grande, OR | 27 | 29 | 26.6 | $2.1M | −1.0% | #467 of 538 |
| 9Klamath Falls, OR | 27 | 76 | 26.2 | $2.1M | +0.9% | #468 of 538 |
| 10Brookings, OR | 26 | 27 | 24.2 | $2.3M | −3.8% | #469 of 538 |
Other business types in the Klamath Falls area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores27
- Grocery stores35
- Convenience stores26
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Klamath Falls, OR area?
There are 76 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Klamath Falls area as of September 2026. 24 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Klamath Falls, OR area spend on groceries?
About $157.9M a year, or $5,444 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,999 households in the Klamath Falls area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Klamath Falls, OR area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Klamath Falls area has 26.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Klamath Falls area would have about 47, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 906 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Klamath Falls, OR area growing?
Population estimates put the Klamath Falls area at 70,274 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,999 households. Median household income in the Klamath Falls area is $58,830, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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 Klamath Falls area scores 27 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #468 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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