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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Bernard Parish, LA

How St. Bernard Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,173 of 2,210 scored counties
#15 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
31
9 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,711 a household
Spending per listing
$895K
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.1
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,642
+4.1% 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

Households in St. Bernard Parish spend about $27.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,711 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $895K of household spending for each business on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

St. Bernard Parish has 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.1, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Bernard Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,802 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 50 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Bernard Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Bernard Parish grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Bernard Parish scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,173 of 2,210 scored counties and #15 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Bernard Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in St. Bernard Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Bernard ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.126.723.3
Spending per listing$895K$660K$880K
Households per official establishment1,8029181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,711$1,761$2,055
Median household income$58,651$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4911

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 9
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$917K
One-person businesses, 2023
50Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
319 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$125K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Bernard 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.

Population and households in St. Bernard Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
45,642+4.1% since 2020
Households
16,219
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
378 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$58,651+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,188
Median home value
$202,500
Jobs located here
11,689
Daytime population
35,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Bernard Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA8376.4$3M+5.5%#89 of 2,210
2St. Charles Parish, LA701910.2$1.9M−3.7%#368 of 2,210
3Livingston Parish, LA697814.6$1.3M+8.5%#413 of 2,210
4Plaquemines Parish, LA6478.5$2.3M−5.3%#553 of 2,210
5Vermilion Parish, LA64209.2$1.8M+1.3%#555 of 2,210
6St. James Parish, LA6168.0$2.4M−5.9%#650 of 2,210
7Jackson Parish, LA56610.8$1.4M+5.6%#853 of 2,210
8St. Martin Parish, LA54189.2$1.8M−1.0%#931 of 2,210
9Vernon Parish, LA53189.8$1.7M−7.3%#986 of 2,210
10Evangeline Parish, LA5286.4$2.4M−1.0%#1,033 of 2,210
15St. Bernard Parish, LA493119.1$895K+4.1%#1,173 of 2,210

Other business types in St. Bernard Parish

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in St. Bernard Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Bernard Parish. 9 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 50 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in St. Bernard Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $27.7M a year, or $1,711 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $895K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,219 households in St. Bernard Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Bernard Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

St. Bernard Parish has 19.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $895K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, St. Bernard Parish would have about 32, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,802 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Bernard Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Bernard Parish at 45,642 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,219 households. The median household income in St. Bernard Parish is $58,651 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. 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. Bernard Parish scores 49 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,173 of 2,210 scored counties.

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