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Fast food and sandwich shops in St. Helena Parish, LA
The fast food and sandwich shops in St. Helena Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On food away from home · $2,861 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,758
- −1.2% since 2020
See the fast food and sandwich shops around any address in St. Helena Parish
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What this means
At $2,861 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in St. Helena Parish spend about $11.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $11.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There is 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings in St. Helena Parish as of September 2026. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for limited-service restaurants in St. Helena Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Helena Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, St. Helena Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How St. Helena Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | St. Helena Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $11.9M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | n/a | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,861 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,934 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 limited-service restaurants in St. Helena 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in St. Helena Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,758−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,176
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $41,934−4.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,968
- Median home value
- $77,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,872
- Daytime population
- 8,374Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1East Feliciana Parish, LA | 73 | 5 | 7.8 | $4.8M | −2.8% | #273 of 2,222 |
| 2De Soto Parish, LA | 66 | 9 | 8.6 | $3.7M | +2.0% | #511 of 2,222 |
| 3Evangeline Parish, LA | 62 | 7 | 5.6 | $5.2M | −1.0% | #637 of 2,222 |
| 4St. Charles Parish, LA | 62 | 20 | 10.7 | $3.7M | −3.7% | #644 of 2,222 |
| 5Livingston Parish, LA | 62 | 70 | 13.1 | $2.9M | +8.5% | #665 of 2,222 |
| 6St. Tammany Parish, LA | 61 | 141 | 13.4 | $3M | +5.3% | #710 of 2,222 |
| 7Beauregard Parish, LA | 59 | 15 | 10.9 | $3.3M | +0.2% | #786 of 2,222 |
| 8St. James Parish, LA | 58 | 8 | 10.6 | $3.5M | −5.9% | #811 of 2,222 |
| 9Sabine Parish, LA | 57 | 8 | 9.1 | $3.4M | −1.2% | #851 of 2,222 |
| 10Iberville Parish, LA | 56 | 10 | 8.9 | $3.8M | −1.6% | #886 of 2,222 |
| St. Helena Parish, LA | Not scored | 1 | 2.4 | $11.9M | −1.2% |
Other business types in St. Helena Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants63
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in St. Helena Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 fast food or sandwich shop in St. Helena Parish. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in St. Helena Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in St. Helena Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $11.9M a year, or $2,861 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, it comes to $11.9M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,176 households in St. Helena Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Helena Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
St. Helena Parish has 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, St. Helena Parish would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is St. Helena Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Helena Parish at 10,758 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,176 households. Median household income in St. Helena Parish is $41,934, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 4.4%, 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. Helena Parish has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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