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Convenience stores in St. Bernard Parish, LA

The convenience stores in St. Bernard Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,081 of 2,261 scored counties
#8 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
14
6 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$91.1M
On groceries · $5,615 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
8% above 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

Household spending on groceries in St. Bernard Parish comes to about $91.1M a year: $5,615 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 14 convenience stores on map listings in St. Bernard Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in St. Bernard Parish was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,703 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Bernard Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Bernard Parish scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,081 of 2,261 scored counties and #8 of 53 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 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 St. Bernard Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Bernard ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.611.68.0
Spending per listing$6.5M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment2,7032,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,615$5,704$6,319
Median household income$58,651$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5112

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$264K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
146 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 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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Convenience stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Bernard 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

Other business types in St. Bernard Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in St. Bernard Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 convenience stores in St. Bernard Parish. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in St. Bernard Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $91.1M a year, or $5,615 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 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 convenience stores?

St. Bernard Parish has 8.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, St. Bernard Parish would have about 12, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,703 households, against one for every 3,493 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 51 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,081 of 2,261 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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