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Convenience stores in Acadia Parish, LA

How Acadia Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,878 of 2,261 scored counties
#30 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
24
13 chain locations (54%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$115.7M
On groceries · $5,238 a household
Spending per listing
$4.8M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,032
−0.8% 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

Acadia Parish scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,878 of 2,261 scored counties and #30 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Acadia Parish spend about $115.7M a year on groceries, or $5,238 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.8M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Acadia Parish has 24 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (54%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 10.9 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Acadia Parish in 2023. That is one for every 2,455 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Acadia Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Acadia Parish compares

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

Convenience stores in Acadia Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAcadia ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.911.68.0
Spending per listing$4.8M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment2,4552,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,238$5,704$6,319
Median household income$45,562$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2712

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$845K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2413 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 convenience stores in Acadia 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 Acadia Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
57,032−0.8% since 2020
Households
22,099
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
655 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$45,562+5.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,194
Median home value
$155,500
Jobs located here
14,814
Daytime population
48,388Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Acadia Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA78388.0$8.1M+6.4%#231 of 2,261
2St. Tammany Parish, LA76888.4$7.5M+5.3%#283 of 2,261
3Bossier Parish, LA63438.5$6.9M+2.5%#657 of 2,261
4Livingston Parish, LA636912.9$4.7M+8.5%#666 of 2,261
5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA571210.9$5.6M+5.5%#877 of 2,261
6Jefferson Parish, LA551206.8$8.6M−1.9%#921 of 2,261
7De Soto Parish, LA5187.6$7.1M+2.0%#1,077 of 2,261
8St. Bernard Parish, LA51148.6$6.5M+4.1%#1,081 of 2,261
9St. Charles Parish, LA492312.4$5M−3.7%#1,167 of 2,261
10Lafourche Parish, LA483910.3$5.6M−2.0%#1,199 of 2,261
30Acadia Parish, LA272410.9$4.8M−0.8%#1,878 of 2,261

Other business types in Acadia Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Acadia Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 convenience stores in Acadia Parish. 13 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Acadia Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $115.7M a year, or $5,238 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,099 households in Acadia Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Acadia Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Acadia Parish has 10.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.8M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Acadia Parish would have about 15, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,455 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Acadia Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Acadia Parish at 57,032 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,099 households. The median household income in Acadia Parish is $45,562 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.0% 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. Acadia Parish scores 27 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,878 of 2,261 scored counties.

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