Groceries and convenience · County · Oregon
Grocery and convenience stores in Malheur County, OR
How Malheur 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 · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,291 of 2,402 scored counties
#28 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 46
- 15 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.1M
- On groceries · $5,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 65% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.7
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,261
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Malheur County is 16 (low), #2,291 of 2,402 scored counties and #28 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 grocery and convenience stores in Malheur County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 33%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 44.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,359 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Malheur County spend about $55.1M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.2M per store, 65% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Malheur County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 792 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Malheur County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Malheur 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.
| Measure | Malheur County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.7 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 792 | 994 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,359 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,519 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 334
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Malheur 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 Malheur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,261+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 10,292
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 9,888 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $54,519+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,398
- Median home value
- $248,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,279
- Daytime population
- 34,322Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Deschutes County, OR | 73 | 140 | 16.5 | $3.9M | +6.8% | #355 of 2,402 |
| 2Washington County, OR | 72 | 326 | 13.8 | $4.8M | +1.8% | #377 of 2,402 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 72 | 47 | 14.2 | $4.3M | +2.3% | #383 of 2,402 |
| 4Clackamas County, OR | 69 | 249 | 15.2 | $4.4M | +0.9% | #456 of 2,402 |
| 5Columbia County, OR | 68 | 35 | 16.7 | $3.7M | +2.6% | #498 of 2,402 |
| 6Benton County, OR | 63 | 65 | 16.9 | $3.6M | +4.4% | #660 of 2,402 |
| 7Marion County, OR | 50 | 247 | 19.5 | $3.1M | +2.7% | #1,202 of 2,402 |
| 8Crook County, OR | 50 | 28 | 26.0 | $2.4M | +10.6% | #1,215 of 2,402 |
| 9Yamhill County, OR | 49 | 88 | 22.4 | $2.8M | +2.2% | #1,246 of 2,402 |
| 10Jefferson County, OR | 48 | 19 | 21.6 | $2.7M | +4.7% | #1,289 of 2,402 |
| 28Malheur County, OR | 16 | 46 | 44.7 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #2,291 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Malheur County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores16
- Grocery stores15
- Convenience stores27
Auto
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 Malheur County, OR?
There are 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Malheur County as of September 2026. 15 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Malheur County, OR spend on groceries?
About $55.1M a year, or $5,359 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,292 households in Malheur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Malheur County, OR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Malheur County has 44.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.2M, 65% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Malheur County would have about 16, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 792 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Malheur County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Malheur County at 32,261 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,292 households. Median household income in Malheur County is $54,519, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Malheur County scores 16 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,291 of 2,402 scored counties.
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