Food and drink · Small-town market · Washington
Restaurants and cafes in the Port Angeles, WA area
The restaurants and cafes in the Port Angeles, WA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #158 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 305
- 63 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 164
- +13.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $128.9M
- On food away from home · $3,678 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.0
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,202
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Port Angeles area spend about $128.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,678 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $423K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Port Angeles area has 305 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 87.0, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 164 businesses with payroll in the Port Angeles area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 214 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Port Angeles area.
Population estimates show the Port Angeles area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Port Angeles area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #158 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington.
How the Port Angeles area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Port Angeles area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.0 | 107.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $419K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 214 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.9% | +4.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,678 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,370 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 164+13.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,854
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $54.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30563 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 348The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Port Angeles area, 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 the Port Angeles area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,202+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,046
- Median age
- 51.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,739 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,370+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,407
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 69,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Port Angeles area marked.
Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 91 | 191 | 73.4 | $545K | +7.8% | #3 of 538 |
| 2Oak Harbor, WA | 73 | 291 | 80.9 | $518K | −1.5% | #58 of 538 |
| 3Port Angeles, WA | 61 | 305 | 87.0 | $423K | +1.1% | #158 of 538 |
| 4Centralia, WA | 61 | 323 | 98.1 | $380K | +6.7% | #161 of 538 |
| 5Port Townsend, WA | 61 | 177 | 108.3 | $356K | +2.7% | #162 of 538 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 56 | 177 | 94.5 | $365K | +1.5% | #203 of 538 |
| 7Moses Lake, WA | 48 | 407 | 115.0 | $317K | +6.3% | #283 of 538 |
| 8Aberdeen, WA | 44 | 318 | 103.8 | $334K | +3.0% | #337 of 538 |
| 9Othello, WA | 41 | 74 | 117.7 | $300K | +4.3% | #370 of 538 |
| 10Ellensburg, WA | 40 | 287 | 143.6 | $272K | +4.2% | #380 of 538 |
Other business types in the Port Angeles area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes61
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops83
- Pizza82
- Coffee shops and cafes29
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Port Angeles, WA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 305 restaurants and cafes in the Port Angeles area. 63 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 164 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Port Angeles, WA area spend on food away from home?
About $128.9M a year, or $3,678 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 305 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $423K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,046 households in the Port Angeles area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Angeles, WA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Port Angeles area has 87.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $423K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Port Angeles area would have about 348, against 305 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 214 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Port Angeles, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Angeles area at 78,202 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,046 households. Median household income in the Port Angeles area is $70,370, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Port Angeles area scores 61 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #158 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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