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Grocery stores in Wallowa County, OR

How Wallowa County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.2M
On groceries · $5,661 a household
Spending per listing
$4.8M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
74% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,595
+2.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 grocery stores in Wallowa County. That comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Households in Wallowa County spend about $19.2M a year on groceries, or $5,661 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 grocery stores, that is $4.8M per store, 48% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Wallowa County in 2023. That is one for every 677 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Wallowa County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Wallowa 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.

Grocery stores in Wallowa County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureWallowa CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.86.96.8
Spending per listing$4.8M$8.9M$9.3M
Households per official establishment6772,2822,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,661$6,152$6,319
Median household income$67,112$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
85
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Wallowa 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 Wallowa County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,595+2.6% since 2020
Households
3,387
Median age
49.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,146 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$67,112
Average household income
$83,394
Median home value
$394,800
Jobs located here
2,963
Daytime population
7,503Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Wallowa County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, OR81154.5$13.6M+2.3%#166 of 2,070
2Deschutes County, OR77435.1$12.6M+6.8%#249 of 2,070
3Washington County, OR741285.4$12.3M+1.8%#318 of 2,070
4Clackamas County, OR72945.7$11.5M+0.9%#355 of 2,070
5Benton County, OR69205.2$11.6M+4.4%#434 of 2,070
6Marion County, OR62846.6$9M+2.7%#631 of 2,070
7Linn County, OR59377.3$8M+3.0%#733 of 2,070
8Crook County, OR5798.3$7.3M+10.6%#792 of 2,070
9Yamhill County, OR55256.4$9.7M+2.2%#834 of 2,070
10Multnomah County, OR542336.7$9.5M−2.6%#879 of 2,070
Wallowa County, ORNot scored411.8$4.8M+2.6%

Other business types in Wallowa County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Wallowa County, OR?

Wallowa County has 4 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Wallowa County, OR spend on groceries?

About $19.2M a year, or $5,661 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,387 households in Wallowa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wallowa County, OR compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Wallowa County has 11.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $4.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Wallowa County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 677 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Wallowa County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Wallowa County at 7,595 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,387 households. Median household income in Wallowa County is $67,112, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Wallowa County

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