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Gas stations in Washington Parish, LA
The gas stations in Washington Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,044 of 2,358 scored counties
#32 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 28
- 12 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +3.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $44.8M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,531 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,937
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, Washington Parish has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,044 of 2,358 scored counties and #32 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 gas stations in Washington Parish. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 15.8 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $2,531 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Washington Parish spend about $44.8M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each station on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Washington Parish was 27 in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 656 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Washington Parish. Population estimates put the population change in Washington Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Washington 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 | Washington Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 15.9 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 656 | 807 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.9% | −7.1% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,531 | $2,600 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $45,380 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 27+3.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $400K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Washington 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 Washington Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,937−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,716
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 670 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $45,380+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,215
- Median home value
- $155,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,107
- Daytime population
- 37,595Residents 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 |
| 32Washington Parish, LA | 27 | 28 | 15.8 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #2,044 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Washington Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Washington Parish, LA?
There are 28 gas stations on map listings in Washington Parish as of September 2026. 12 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Washington Parish, LA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $44.8M a year, or $2,531 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,716 households in Washington Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Washington Parish has 15.8 gas stations per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Washington Parish would have about 19, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 656 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Washington Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Washington Parish at 44,937 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,716 households. The median household income in Washington Parish is $45,380 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. Washington Parish scores 27 for gas stations (lower middle), #2,044 of 2,358 scored counties.
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