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Restaurants and cafes in Wallowa County, OR
The restaurants and cafes in Wallowa County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 46
- 3 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On food away from home · $3,460 a household
- Spending per listing
- $255K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 135.8
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,595
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,460 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Wallowa County spend about $11.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $255K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 46 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Wallowa County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 135.8, 24% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Wallowa County classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 141 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $67K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Wallowa County.
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 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 | Wallowa County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 135.8 | 130.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $255K | $312K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 141 | 184 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.0% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,460 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,112 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 24−20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 135
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 463 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $67K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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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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 |
| Wallowa County, OR | Not scored | 46 | 135.8 | $255K | +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.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Wallowa County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 restaurants and cafes in Wallowa County. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 20.0% from 2019. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wallowa County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $11.7M a year, or $3,460 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $255K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
Wallowa County has 135.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $255K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Wallowa County would have about 32, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 141 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for 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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