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Convenience stores in St. Charles Parish, LA

How St. Charles 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,167 of 2,261 scored counties
#9 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
23
12 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$115.4M
On groceries · $6,200 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,586
−3.7% 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 $6,200 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in St. Charles Parish spend about $115.4M a year on groceries. That is about $5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

St. Charles Parish has 23 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in St. Charles Parish classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,652 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Charles Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. St. Charles Parish scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,167 of 2,261 scored counties and #9 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Charles 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. Charles Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Charles ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.411.68.0
Spending per listing$5M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment4,6522,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,200$5,704$6,319
Median household income$80,897$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4912

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$260K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2312 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 St. Charles 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. Charles Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
50,586−3.7% since 2020
Households
18,608
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
278 sq. mi.
People per square mile
185
Median household income
$80,897+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,861
Median home value
$263,700
Jobs located here
26,102
Daytime population
52,685Residents 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. Charles 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. Charles Parish

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 convenience stores in St. Charles Parish. 12 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $115.4M a year, or $6,200 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $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 18,608 households in St. Charles Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Charles Parish has 12.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, St. Charles Parish would have about 15, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,652 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Charles Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Charles Parish at 50,586 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,608 households. The median household income in St. Charles Parish is $80,897 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Charles Parish scores 49 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,167 of 2,261 scored counties.

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