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Coffee shops and cafes in St. Helena Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
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
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
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

At $2,861 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in St. Helena Parish spend about $11.9M a year on food away from home. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no coffee shops and cafes in St. Helena Parish. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, St. Helena Parish would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in St. Helena Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show St. Helena Parish declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no coffee shops and cafes on map listings, St. Helena Parish isn’t given a market score for them.

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 coffee shops and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Coffee shops and cafes in St. Helena Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Helena ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.010.011.0
Spending per listingn/a$3.5M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,7801,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.0%+24.3%
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 scored31

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.

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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Coffee shops and cafes across Louisiana

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

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA7865.5$7.1M+5.5%#132 of 2,063
2Livingston Parish, LA75366.7$5.6M+8.5%#189 of 2,063
3Ascension Parish, LA71388.0$5.4M+6.4%#274 of 2,063
4Lafourche Parish, LA66174.5$7.8M−2.0%#394 of 2,063
5Beauregard Parish, LA6096.5$5.4M+0.2%#595 of 2,063
6Natchitoches Parish, LA5964.1$7.5M−3.5%#628 of 2,063
7St. Landry Parish, LA58154.7$6.3M−1.9%#672 of 2,063
8Pointe Coupee Parish, LA5667.2$5M−5.6%#760 of 2,063
9Vermilion Parish, LA55125.5$5.9M+1.3%#797 of 2,063
10Acadia Parish, LA54125.4$5.5M−0.8%#834 of 2,063
St. Helena Parish, LANot scored00.0n/a−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 coffee shops and cafes are in St. Helena Parish, LA?

There are no coffee shops and cafes on map listings in St. Helena Parish as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars 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). That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. 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 coffee shops and cafes?

St. Helena Parish has no coffee shops and cafes on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, St. Helena Parish would have about 3, against none 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 coffee shops and cafes, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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