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Pizza places in Wasco County, OR

How Wasco County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,136 of 2,090 scored counties
#21 of 27 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
6
4 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
23
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$36.6M
On food away from home · $3,464 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,310
−1.1% 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

At $3,464 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Wasco County spend about $36.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 6 pizza places, that is $6.1M per pizza place, 20% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Wasco County as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Wasco County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 459 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.

Population estimates show Wasco County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, Wasco County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,136 of 2,090 scored counties and #21 of 27 scored counties in Oregon.

How Wasco County compares

The same measures for Oregon and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Wasco County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureWasco CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.76.98.0
Spending per listing$6.1M$5.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)459506478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,464$4,070$4,070
Median household income$64,175$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score4757

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 23All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
463
Annual payroll, 2023
$11M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
64 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 limited-service restaurants in Wasco 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

Population and households in Wasco County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,310−1.1% since 2020
Households
10,563
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,059
Median home value
$367,400
Jobs located here
10,091
Daytime population
24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for pizza places, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Wasco County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Crook County, OR9065.6$7.1M+10.6%#14 of 2,090
2Polk County, OR75206.1$6.7M+2.3%#168 of 2,090
3Washington County, OR721335.6$8.3M+1.8%#237 of 2,090
4Linn County, OR72285.5$6.6M+3.0%#248 of 2,090
5Columbia County, OR71178.1$4.9M+2.6%#289 of 2,090
6Benton County, OR70225.7$7M+4.4%#301 of 2,090
7Yamhill County, OR70297.4$5.6M+2.2%#315 of 2,090
8Deschutes County, OR70738.6$5M+6.8%#319 of 2,090
9Clackamas County, OR691217.4$6.2M+0.9%#337 of 2,090
10Umatilla County, OR67134.5$7.9M+1.5%#386 of 2,090
21Wasco County, OR4765.7$6.1M−1.1%#1,136 of 2,090

Other business types in Wasco County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Wasco County, OR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Wasco County. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on food away from home?

About $36.6M a year, or $3,464 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Wasco County has 5.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Wasco County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 459 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 47 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,136 of 2,090 scored counties.

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