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Grocery stores in Curry County, OR
The grocery stores in Curry County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,834 of 2,070 scored counties
#23 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 9
- 5 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63M
- On groceries · $5,647 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,621
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Curry County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,834 of 2,070 scored counties and #23 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,647 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Curry County spend about $63M a year on groceries. That works out to $7M per store, 25% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Curry County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 56%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Curry County in 2023. That is one for every 930 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Curry County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Curry 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 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 | Curry County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $8.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 930 | 2,282 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,647 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,244 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 205
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 95 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,621−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,159
- Median age
- 56.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $62,244+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,583
- Median home value
- $381,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,519
- Daytime population
- 22,479Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Polk County, OR | 81 | 15 | 4.5 | $13.6M | +2.3% | #166 of 2,070 |
| 2Deschutes County, OR | 77 | 43 | 5.1 | $12.6M | +6.8% | #249 of 2,070 |
| 3Washington County, OR | 74 | 128 | 5.4 | $12.3M | +1.8% | #318 of 2,070 |
| 4Clackamas County, OR | 72 | 94 | 5.7 | $11.5M | +0.9% | #355 of 2,070 |
| 5Benton County, OR | 69 | 20 | 5.2 | $11.6M | +4.4% | #434 of 2,070 |
| 6Marion County, OR | 62 | 84 | 6.6 | $9M | +2.7% | #631 of 2,070 |
| 7Linn County, OR | 59 | 37 | 7.3 | $8M | +3.0% | #733 of 2,070 |
| 8Crook County, OR | 57 | 9 | 8.3 | $7.3M | +10.6% | #792 of 2,070 |
| 9Yamhill County, OR | 55 | 25 | 6.4 | $9.7M | +2.2% | #834 of 2,070 |
| 10Multnomah County, OR | 54 | 233 | 6.7 | $9.5M | −2.6% | #879 of 2,070 |
| 23Curry County, OR | 22 | 9 | 8.1 | $7M | −3.8% | #1,834 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Curry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores30
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 stores are in Curry County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Curry County. 5 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Curry County, OR spend on groceries?
About $63M a year, or $5,647 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,159 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, OR compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Curry County has 8.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Curry County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 930 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Curry County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 22,621 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,159 households. The median household income in Curry County is $62,244 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. 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. Curry County scores 22 for grocery stores (low), #1,834 of 2,070 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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