Food and drink · County · Oregon
Restaurants and cafes in Clatsop County, OR
The restaurants and cafes in Clatsop County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,315 of 2,405 scored counties
#23 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 434
- 71 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 196
- +7.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $66.9M
- On food away from home · $3,718 a household
- Spending per listing
- $154K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 241.3
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,926
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Clatsop County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,315 of 2,405 scored counties and #23 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Clatsop County comes to about $66.9M a year: $3,718 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $154K per restaurant, 58% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Clatsop County has 434 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 241.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 196 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clatsop County in 2023, up 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 92 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clatsop County. Population estimates show Clatsop County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Clatsop 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Clatsop County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 241.3 | 130.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $154K | $312K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 92 | 184 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.7% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,718 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,822 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 182 → 196+7.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $91.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43471 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 180The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clatsop 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 Clatsop County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,926−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,984
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 828 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $71,822+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,117
- Median home value
- $468,300
- Jobs located here
- 17,288
- Daytime population
- 38,525Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 80 | 89 | 82.5 | $479K | +10.6% | #143 of 2,405 |
| 2Columbia County, OR | 72 | 165 | 78.8 | $504K | +2.6% | #341 of 2,405 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 61 | 342 | 103.7 | $394K | +2.3% | #730 of 2,405 |
| 4Washington County, OR | 60 | 2,425 | 103.0 | $457K | +1.8% | #754 of 2,405 |
| 5Clackamas County, OR | 59 | 1,612 | 98.4 | $468K | +0.9% | #788 of 2,405 |
| 6Linn County, OR | 57 | 448 | 88.3 | $413K | +3.0% | #878 of 2,405 |
| 7Jefferson County, OR | 51 | 99 | 112.3 | $333K | +4.7% | #1,165 of 2,405 |
| 8Benton County, OR | 50 | 427 | 110.8 | $358K | +4.4% | #1,199 of 2,405 |
| 9Deschutes County, OR | 43 | 1,212 | 142.7 | $304K | +6.8% | #1,514 of 2,405 |
| 10Morrow County, OR | 42 | 47 | 108.6 | $331K | +3.1% | #1,548 of 2,405 |
| 23Clatsop County, OR | 19 | 434 | 241.3 | $154K | −0.6% | #2,315 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clatsop County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants19
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza24
- Coffee shops and cafes17
- Bakeries and dessert shops17
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Clatsop County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 434 restaurants and cafes in Clatsop County. 71 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 196 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 7.7% from 2019. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clatsop County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $66.9M a year, or $3,718 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 434 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $154K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,984 households in Clatsop County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clatsop County, OR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Clatsop County has 241.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $154K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Clatsop County would have about 180, against 434 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 92 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Clatsop County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Clatsop County at 40,926 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,984 households. Median household income in Clatsop County is $71,822, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Clatsop County scores 19 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,315 of 2,405 scored counties.
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