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Gas stations in Ouachita Parish, LA
How Ouachita Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,077 of 2,358 scored counties
#34 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 113
- 79 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 85
- −8.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $159M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,585 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 69% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,542
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Ouachita Parish is 26 (lower middle), #2,077 of 2,358 scored counties and #34 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ouachita Parish spend about $159M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,585 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per station, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Ouachita Parish has 113 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 69% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Ouachita Parish was 85 in 2023, down 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 723 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ouachita Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ouachita Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Ouachita Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 15.9 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 723 | 807 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.6% | −7.1% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,585 | $2,600 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $54,688 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 93 → 85−8.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 763
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11379 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The 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 gasoline stations in Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,542−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 61,489
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $54,688+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,881
- Median home value
- $194,400
- Jobs located here
- 68,646
- Daytime population
- 165,193Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 66 | 131 | 12.5 | $2.3M | +5.3% | #530 of 2,358 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 65 | 64 | 11.9 | $2.5M | +8.5% | #560 of 2,358 |
| 3Ascension Parish, LA | 64 | 78 | 16.4 | $1.9M | +6.4% | #607 of 2,358 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 62 | 63 | 12.4 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #668 of 2,358 |
| 5Grant Parish, LA | 60 | 7 | 9.4 | $3.2M | −0.3% | #734 of 2,358 |
| 6Beauregard Parish, LA | 58 | 15 | 10.9 | $2.7M | +0.2% | #823 of 2,358 |
| 7Jefferson Parish, LA | 50 | 169 | 9.5 | $2.6M | −1.9% | #1,148 of 2,358 |
| 8Winn Parish, LA | 50 | 10 | 20.9 | $1.2M | +9.1% | #1,188 of 2,358 |
| 9Vernon Parish, LA | 48 | 17 | 9.3 | $3M | −7.3% | #1,246 of 2,358 |
| 10Orleans Parish, LA | 48 | 123 | 7.9 | $2.5M | −5.5% | #1,251 of 2,358 |
| 34Ouachita Parish, LA | 26 | 113 | 18.4 | $1.4M | −1.0% | #2,077 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Ouachita Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Ouachita Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 113 gas stations in Ouachita Parish. 79 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 8.6% from 2019. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ouachita Parish, LA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $159M a year, or $2,585 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 113 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,489 households in Ouachita Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Ouachita Parish has 18.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.4M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Ouachita Parish would have about 67, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 723 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ouachita Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita Parish at 158,542 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,489 households. Median household income in Ouachita Parish is $54,688, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Ouachita Parish scores 26 for gas stations (lower middle), #2,077 of 2,358 scored counties.
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