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Bakeries and dessert shops in St. Helena Parish, LA

How St. Helena Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.9M
On food away from home · $2,861 a household
Spending per listing
$11.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,758
−1.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in St. Helena Parish. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.

Households in St. Helena Parish spend about $11.9M a year on food away from home, or $2,861 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Helena Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show St. Helena Parish declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, St. Helena Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How St. Helena Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the bakeries and dessert shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Bakeries and dessert shops in St. Helena Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Helena ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.410.09.8
Spending per listing$11.9M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,6351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,861$3,469$4,070
Median household income$41,934$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored22

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Helena Parish, 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. These official figures cover all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Population and households in St. Helena Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
10,758−1.2% since 2020
Households
4,176
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$41,934−4.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,968
Median home value
$77,300
Jobs located here
1,872
Daytime population
8,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Helena Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA72367.6$5.6M+6.4%#220 of 1,889
2Beauregard Parish, LA6185.8$6.1M+0.2%#495 of 1,889
3St. Charles Parish, LA59158.1$4.9M−3.7%#583 of 1,889
4Livingston Parish, LA59539.9$3.8M+8.5%#593 of 1,889
5Iberville Parish, LA5554.4$7.6M−1.6%#718 of 1,889
6De Soto Parish, LA5565.7$5.6M+2.0%#724 of 1,889
7Evangeline Parish, LA5375.6$5.2M−1.0%#809 of 1,889
8Acadia Parish, LA49135.9$5.1M−0.8%#948 of 1,889
9West Baton Rouge Parish, LA491715.5$2.5M+5.5%#977 of 1,889
10Pointe Coupee Parish, LA4778.4$4.3M−5.6%#1,033 of 1,889
St. Helena Parish, LANot scored12.4$11.9M−1.2%

Other business types in St. Helena Parish

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in St. Helena Parish, LA?

There is 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings in St. Helena Parish as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Helena Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in St. Helena Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $11.9M a year, or $2,861 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $11.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,176 households in St. Helena Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Helena Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

St. Helena Parish has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, St. Helena Parish would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is St. Helena Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Helena Parish at 10,758 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,176 households. Median household income in St. Helena Parish is $41,934, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 4.4%, 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. St. Helena Parish has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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