Food and drink · County · Oregon
Sit-down restaurants in Marion County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Marion County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,367 of 2,405 scored counties
#11 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 718
- 175 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 280
- +8.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $489.2M
- On food away from home · $3,856 a household
- Spending per listing
- $681K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 355,777
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Marion County spend about $489.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,856 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 718 sit-down restaurants, that is $681K per restaurant, 3% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Marion County has 718 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 56.6 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 280 businesses with payroll in Marion County classed as full-service restaurants, up 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 453 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Marion County.
Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Marion County is 46 (lower middle), #1,367 of 2,405 scored counties and #11 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Marion 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 | Marion County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.6 | 64.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $681K | $627K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 453 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.1% | −5.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,856 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,351 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 259 → 280+8.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,279
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $112M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 718175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 737The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 355,777+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 126,870
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,181 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 296
- Median household income
- $77,351+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,449
- Median home value
- $416,400
- Jobs located here
- 170,733
- Daytime population
- 368,513Residents 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 Marion 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 |
| 11Marion County, OR | 46 | 718 | 56.6 | $681K | +2.7% | #1,367 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Marion County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Marion County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 718 sit-down restaurants in Marion County. 175 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 280 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Marion County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $489.2M a year, or $3,856 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 718 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $681K 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 126,870 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, OR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Marion County has 56.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $681K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Marion County would have about 737, against 718 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 453 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 355,777 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,870 households. Median household income in Marion County is $77,351, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.7%, 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. Marion County scores 46 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,367 of 2,405 scored counties.
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