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Food and drink · Small-town market · Oregon

Sit-down restaurants in the Newport, OR area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Newport, OR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #524 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon

Listings
220
27 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
114
−0.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$79.7M
On food away from home · $3,450 a household
Spending per listing
$362K
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
95.2
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,636
+0.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Newport area is 20 (low), #524 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 220 sit-down restaurants in the Newport area. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 95.2, 55% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Household spending on food away from home in the Newport area comes to about $79.7M a year: $3,450 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $362K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 45% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 114 businesses with payroll in the Newport area classed as full-service restaurants, down 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 203 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Newport area. Population estimates show the Newport area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Newport 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Newport, OR area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureNewport areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households95.264.961.3
Spending per listing$362K$627K$664K
Households per official establishment203405500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−0.9%−5.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,450$4,070$4,070
Median household income$63,165$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score2031

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
114−0.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,769
Annual payroll, 2023
$63M
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22027 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
120The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Newport 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 Newport area

Population, 2025 estimate
50,636+0.3% since 2020
Households
23,115
Median age
51.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
981 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$63,165+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,183
Median home value
$410,800
Jobs located here
16,986
Daytime population
46,905Residents 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 small-town markets in Oregon for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Newport area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oregon

Small-town markets in Oregon ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ontario, OR-ID4710150.5$662K+5.0%#303 of 538
2Roseburg, OR4523449.2$690K+0.6%#322 of 538
3La Grande, OR445348.6$725K−1.0%#328 of 538
4Hermiston-Pendleton, OR4318856.9$626K+1.8%#340 of 538
5Klamath Falls, OR3315954.8$601K+0.9%#439 of 538
6Coos Bay-North Bend, OR3215152.6$652K−1.5%#452 of 538
7Hood River, OR28100111.9$390K−0.7%#479 of 538
8Baker City, OR274054.4$608K−0.4%#480 of 538
9The Dalles, OR246864.4$538K−1.1%#501 of 538
10Astoria, OR23214119.0$312K−0.6%#512 of 538
12Newport, OR2022095.2$362K+0.3%#524 of 538

Other business types in the Newport area

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in the Newport, OR area?

There are 220 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Newport area as of September 2026. 27 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.9% from 2019. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Newport, OR area spend on food away from home?

About $79.7M a year, or $3,450 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 220 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $362K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,115 households in the Newport area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Newport area has 95.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $362K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Newport area would have about 120, against 220 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 203 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Newport, OR area growing?

Population estimates put the Newport area at 50,636 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,115 households. The median household income in the Newport area is $63,165 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Newport area scores 20 for sit-down restaurants (low), #524 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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