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Sit-down restaurants in Linn County, OR

The sit-down restaurants in Linn County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #670 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 29 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
224
59 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
80
−4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$184.9M
On food away from home · $3,644 a household
Spending per listing
$825K
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
44.2
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
132,843
+3.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Linn County comes to about $184.9M a year: $3,644 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $825K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Linn County has 224 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 59 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 44.2, 28% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Linn County in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 634 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $611K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Linn County.

Population estimates put the population change in Linn County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Linn County is 62 (upper middle), #670 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.

How Linn 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Linn County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureLinn CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households44.264.961.3
Spending per listing$825K$627K$664K
Households per official establishment634405500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.8%−5.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,644$4,070$4,070
Median household income$76,329$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score6231

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
84 → 80−4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,064
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22459 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
279The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$611K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Linn 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 Linn County

Population, 2025 estimate
132,843+3.0% since 2020
Households
50,729
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$76,329+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,267
Median home value
$376,400
Jobs located here
46,739
Daytime population
117,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Linn County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Crook County, OR744541.7$947K+10.6%#277 of 2,405
2Columbia County, OR718440.1$990K+2.6%#343 of 2,405
3Polk County, OR7114744.6$916K+2.3%#347 of 2,405
4Washington County, OR621,30155.3$853K+1.8%#664 of 2,405
5Linn County, OR6222444.2$825K+3.0%#670 of 2,405
6Clackamas County, OR6080048.8$943K+0.9%#731 of 2,405
7Benton County, OR5720954.2$732K+4.4%#868 of 2,405
8Jefferson County, OR534652.2$717K+4.7%#1,047 of 2,405
9Yamhill County, OR4822958.3$705K+2.2%#1,274 of 2,405
10Deschutes County, OR4857667.8$639K+6.8%#1,286 of 2,405

Other business types in Linn County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Linn County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 224 sit-down restaurants in Linn County. 59 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Linn County, OR spend on food away from home?

About $184.9M a year, or $3,644 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 224 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $825K 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 50,729 households in Linn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Linn County, OR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Linn County has 44.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $825K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Linn County would have about 279, against 224 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 634 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Linn County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Linn County at 132,843 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,729 households. Median household income in Linn County is $76,329, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. Linn County scores 62 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #670 of 2,405 scored counties.

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