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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Oregon

Grocery and convenience stores in the Newport, OR area

How the Newport, OR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #440 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon

Listings
59
19 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
28
−6.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$130.1M
On groceries · $5,627 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.5
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,636
+0.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Newport area is 32 (lower middle), #440 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $5,627 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Newport area spend about $130.1M a year on groceries. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The Newport area has 59 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.5, 36% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Newport area in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 826 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Newport area. Population estimates show the Newport area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Newport 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Newport, OR area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureNewport areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.519.618.7
Spending per listing$2.2M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment8269941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−6.7%+6.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,627$6,152$6,319
Median household income$63,165$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score3234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28−6.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
691
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5919 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Newport 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 Newport area

Population, 2025 estimate
50,636+0.3% since 2020
Households
23,115
Median age
51.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
981 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$63,165+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,183
Median home value
$410,800
Jobs located here
16,986
Daytime population
46,905Residents 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 small-town markets in Oregon for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Newport area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oregon

Small-town markets in Oregon ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1The Dalles, OR422119.9$2.8M−1.1%#363 of 538
2Hermiston-Pendleton, OR379227.9$2.1M+1.8%#406 of 538
3Roseburg, OR3410922.9$2.4M+0.6%#421 of 538
4Astoria, OR334826.7$2.2M−0.6%#430 of 538
5Newport, OR325925.5$2.2M+0.3%#440 of 538
6Hood River, OR303336.9$1.7M−0.7%#455 of 538
7Ontario, OR-ID307236.0$1.5M+5.0%#457 of 538
8La Grande, OR272926.6$2.1M−1.0%#467 of 538
9Klamath Falls, OR277626.2$2.1M+0.9%#468 of 538
10Brookings, OR262724.2$2.3M−3.8%#469 of 538

Other business types in the Newport area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Newport, OR area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 grocery and convenience stores in the Newport area. 19 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Newport, OR area spend on groceries?

About $130.1M a year, or $5,627 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,115 households in the Newport area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Newport area has 25.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Newport area would have about 38, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 826 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Newport, OR area growing?

Population estimates put the Newport area at 50,636 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,115 households. The median household income in the Newport area is $63,165 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Newport area scores 32 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #440 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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