Food and drink · County · Oregon
Sit-down restaurants in Malheur County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Malheur County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,345 of 2,405 scored counties
#27 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 74
- 20 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $32.8M
- On food away from home · $3,183 a household
- Spending per listing
- $443K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 71.9
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,261
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Malheur County has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #2,345 of 2,405 scored counties and #27 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,183 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Malheur County spend about $32.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 74 sit-down restaurants, that is $443K per restaurant, 33% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 74 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Malheur County as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 27%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 71.9, 17% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Malheur County in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 322 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Malheur County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Malheur 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 | Malheur County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 71.9 | 64.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $443K | $627K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 322 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | −5.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,183 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,519 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 32+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 371
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7420 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Malheur 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 Malheur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,261+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 10,292
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 9,888 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $54,519+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,398
- Median home value
- $248,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,279
- Daytime population
- 34,322Residents 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 Malheur 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 |
| 27Malheur County, OR | 18 | 74 | 71.9 | $443K | +1.9% | #2,345 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Malheur County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes16
- Sit-down restaurants18
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes15
- Bakeries and dessert shops15
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Malheur County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 74 sit-down restaurants in Malheur County. 20 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Malheur County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $32.8M a year, or $3,183 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $443K 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 10,292 households in Malheur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Malheur County, OR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Malheur County has 71.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $443K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Malheur County would have about 49, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 322 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Malheur County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Malheur County at 32,261 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,292 households. Median household income in Malheur County is $54,519, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Malheur County scores 18 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,345 of 2,405 scored counties.
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