Food and drink · Metro area · Oregon
Sit-down restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #343 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 885
- 215 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 328
- −8.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $585.8M
- On food away from home · $3,651 a household
- Spending per listing
- $662K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.2
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 381,584
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield metro area is 30 (lower middle), #343 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $3,651 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area spend about $585.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 885 sit-down restaurants, that is $662K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 885 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 55.2, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield metro area was 328 in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 489 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Eugene-Springfield metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Eugene-Springfield metro area 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 | Eugene-Springfield metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.2 | 64.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $662K | $627K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 489 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.4% | −5.3% | +1.5% |
| 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 | 30 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 328−8.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,077
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $138.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 885215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 883The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield metro 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 Eugene-Springfield metro area
- 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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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Eugene-Springfield metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany, OR | 67 | 224 | 44.2 | $825K | +3.0% | #64 of 387 |
| 2Corvallis, OR | 57 | 209 | 54.2 | $732K | +4.4% | #134 of 387 |
| 3Bend, OR | 49 | 667 | 63.8 | $665K | +7.0% | #201 of 387 |
| 4Salem, OR | 48 | 865 | 54.1 | $721K | +2.7% | #208 of 387 |
| 5Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 42 | 6,676 | 66.1 | $673K | +1.0% | #259 of 387 |
| 6Grants Pass, OR | 32 | 178 | 48.5 | $716K | −0.4% | #324 of 387 |
| 7Eugene-Springfield, OR | 30 | 885 | 55.2 | $662K | −0.7% | #343 of 387 |
| 8Medford, OR | 24 | 551 | 59.9 | $622K | −0.9% | #366 of 387 |
Other business types in the Eugene-Springfield metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops51
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes15
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 885 sit-down restaurants in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. 215 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 328 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area 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 885 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $662K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 160,445 households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 55.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $662K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Eugene-Springfield metro area would have about 883, against 885 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Eugene-Springfield metro area at 381,584 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 160,445 households. Median household income in the Eugene-Springfield metro area is $71,544, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. The Eugene-Springfield metro area scores 30 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #343 of 387 scored metro areas.
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