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Convenience stores in Vernon Parish, LA
The convenience stores in Vernon Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,861 of 2,261 scored counties
#27 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 29
- 11 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $100.8M
- On groceries · $5,506 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 98% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,091
- −7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Vernon Parish scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,861 of 2,261 scored counties and #27 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Vernon Parish spend about $100.8M a year on groceries, or $5,506 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per store, 56% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 29 convenience stores on map listings in Vernon Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 15.8 for every 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Vernon Parish was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,575 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Vernon Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −7.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Vernon 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 | Vernon Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 11.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,575 | 2,978 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,506 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,270 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $918K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2911 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Vernon 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 Vernon Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,091−7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,300
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,327 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $57,270+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,627
- Median home value
- $156,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,403
- Daytime population
- 43,022Residents 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 |
| 27Vernon Parish, LA | 28 | 29 | 15.8 | $3.5M | −7.3% | #1,861 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Vernon Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores39
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores28
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 Vernon Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 convenience stores in Vernon Parish. 11 of them (38%) 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 Vernon Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $100.8M a year, or $5,506 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 18,300 households in Vernon Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vernon Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Vernon Parish has 15.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.5M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Vernon Parish would have about 13, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,575 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Vernon Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Vernon Parish at 45,091 people in 2025, down 7.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,300 households. The median household income in Vernon Parish is $57,270 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.5% 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. Vernon Parish scores 28 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,861 of 2,261 scored counties.
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