Groceries and convenience · County · Oregon
Grocery and convenience stores in Morrow County, OR
How Morrow 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,878 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 17
- 4 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25M
- On groceries · $5,774 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,602
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Morrow County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,878 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 grocery and convenience stores in Morrow County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 24%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 39.3 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Morrow County comes to about $25M a year: $5,774 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per store, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Morrow County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $90K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Morrow County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morrow County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Morrow 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 | Morrow County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.3 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 994 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,774 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,448 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 34 |
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
- 174 chain locations
- 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
- 2
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Morrow 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 Morrow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,602+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,326
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,031 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $75,448+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,689
- Median home value
- $240,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,068
- Daytime population
- 12,973Residents 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 |
| 17Morrow County, OR | 33 | 17 | 39.3 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #1,878 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Morrow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores33
- Grocery stores37
- Convenience stores43
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 Morrow County, OR?
There are 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Morrow County as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Morrow County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Morrow County, OR spend on groceries?
About $25M a year, or $5,774 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,326 households in Morrow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morrow County, OR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Morrow County has 39.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Morrow County would have about 7, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is Morrow County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Morrow County at 12,602 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,326 households. Median household income in Morrow County is $75,448, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.0%, 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. Morrow County scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,878 of 2,402 scored counties.
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