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Convenience stores in Rapides Parish, LA
The convenience stores in Rapides Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,949 of 2,261 scored counties
#35 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 71
- 29 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $272.9M
- On groceries · $5,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Rapides Parish scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,949 of 2,261 scored counties and #35 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 convenience stores in Rapides Parish. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 81% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Rapides Parish comes to about $272.9M a year: $5,575 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per store, 51% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 2,577 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides 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.
| Measure | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 11.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,577 | 2,978 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,575 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7129 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 78 | 38 | 8.0 | $8.1M | +6.4% | #231 of 2,261 |
| 2St. Tammany Parish, LA | 76 | 88 | 8.4 | $7.5M | +5.3% | #283 of 2,261 |
| 3Bossier Parish, LA | 63 | 43 | 8.5 | $6.9M | +2.5% | #657 of 2,261 |
| 4Livingston Parish, LA | 63 | 69 | 12.9 | $4.7M | +8.5% | #666 of 2,261 |
| 5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 57 | 12 | 10.9 | $5.6M | +5.5% | #877 of 2,261 |
| 6Jefferson Parish, LA | 55 | 120 | 6.8 | $8.6M | −1.9% | #921 of 2,261 |
| 7De Soto Parish, LA | 51 | 8 | 7.6 | $7.1M | +2.0% | #1,077 of 2,261 |
| 8St. Bernard Parish, LA | 51 | 14 | 8.6 | $6.5M | +4.1% | #1,081 of 2,261 |
| 9St. Charles Parish, LA | 49 | 23 | 12.4 | $5M | −3.7% | #1,167 of 2,261 |
| 10Lafourche Parish, LA | 48 | 39 | 10.3 | $5.6M | −2.0% | #1,199 of 2,261 |
| 35Rapides Parish, LA | 24 | 71 | 14.5 | $3.8M | −2.9% | #1,949 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores38
- Convenience stores24
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Rapides Parish, LA?
There are 71 convenience stores on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. 29 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $272.9M a year, or $5,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Rapides Parish has 14.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.8M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 35, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,577 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 24 for convenience stores (low), #1,949 of 2,261 scored counties.
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