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Sit-down restaurants in Crook County, OR
How Crook County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #277 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 45
- 7 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.6M
- On food away from home · $3,951 a household
- Spending per listing
- $947K
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.7
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,564
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 sit-down restaurants in Crook County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 16%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 41.7 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,951 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Crook County spend about $42.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $947K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Crook County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 567 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Crook County.
Population estimates show Crook County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Crook County is 74 (upper middle), #277 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Crook 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Crook County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.7 | 64.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $947K | $627K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 567 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,951 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,965 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 225
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 457 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Crook 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 Crook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,564+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,782
- Median age
- 46.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,979 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $81,965+67.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,053
- Median home value
- $467,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,167
- Daytime population
- 22,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Crook County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 74 | 45 | 41.7 | $947K | +10.6% | #277 of 2,405 |
| 2Columbia County, OR | 71 | 84 | 40.1 | $990K | +2.6% | #343 of 2,405 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 71 | 147 | 44.6 | $916K | +2.3% | #347 of 2,405 |
| 4Washington County, OR | 62 | 1,301 | 55.3 | $853K | +1.8% | #664 of 2,405 |
| 5Linn County, OR | 62 | 224 | 44.2 | $825K | +3.0% | #670 of 2,405 |
| 6Clackamas County, OR | 60 | 800 | 48.8 | $943K | +0.9% | #731 of 2,405 |
| 7Benton County, OR | 57 | 209 | 54.2 | $732K | +4.4% | #868 of 2,405 |
| 8Jefferson County, OR | 53 | 46 | 52.2 | $717K | +4.7% | #1,047 of 2,405 |
| 9Yamhill County, OR | 48 | 229 | 58.3 | $705K | +2.2% | #1,274 of 2,405 |
| 10Deschutes County, OR | 48 | 576 | 67.8 | $639K | +6.8% | #1,286 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Crook County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes80
- Sit-down restaurants74
- Fast food and sandwich shops91
- Pizza90
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops75
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Crook County, OR?
Crook County has 45 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Crook County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $42.6M a year, or $3,951 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $947K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,782 households in Crook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crook County, OR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Crook County has 41.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $947K, 43% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Crook County would have about 64, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 567 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Crook County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Crook County at 27,564 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,782 households. The median household income in Crook County is $81,965 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 67.3% 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. Crook County scores 74 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #277 of 2,405 scored counties.
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