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Restaurants and cafes in Lane County, OR
How Lane County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,946 of 2,405 scored counties
#16 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 1,761
- 501 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 791
- +0.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $585.8M
- On food away from home · $3,651 a household
- Spending per listing
- $333K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 109.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 381,584
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Lane County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,946 of 2,405 scored counties and #16 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,761 restaurants and cafes in Lane County. Of those, 501 are chain locations, or 28%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 109.8, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Lane County comes to about $585.8M a year: $3,651 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $333K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 791 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lane County in 2023, up 0.6% from 2019. That is one for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lane County. Population estimates put the population change in Lane County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lane 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 | Lane County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 109.8 | 130.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $333K | $312K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 203 | 184 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.6% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,651 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,544 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 786 → 791+0.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 12,504
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $304.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 96Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,761501 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,580The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $5.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lane 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 Lane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 381,584−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 160,445
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $71,544+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,524
- Median home value
- $430,600
- Jobs located here
- 156,880
- Daytime population
- 382,221Residents 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 |
| 16Lane County, OR | 32 | 1,761 | 109.8 | $333K | −0.7% | #1,946 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Lane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops51
- Pizza54
- Coffee shops and cafes22
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lane County, OR?
There are 1,761 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Lane County as of September 2026. 501 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 791 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 0.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 96 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lane County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $585.8M a year, or $3,651 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,761 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $333K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 160,445 households in Lane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lane County, OR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lane County has 109.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $333K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lane County would have about 1,580, against 1,761 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lane County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Lane County at 381,584 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 160,445 households. The median household income in Lane County is $71,544 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. Lane County scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,946 of 2,405 scored counties.
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