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Grocery and convenience stores in Acadia Parish, LA

The grocery and convenience stores in Acadia Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,324 of 2,402 scored counties
#49 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
71
20 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
24
−14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$115.7M
On groceries · $5,238 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
32.1
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,032
−0.8% 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

Acadia Parish scores 13 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,324 of 2,402 scored counties and #49 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $5,238 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Acadia Parish spend about $115.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 71 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.6M per store, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Acadia Parish has 71 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 32.1 per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Acadia Parish was 24 in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 921 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Acadia Parish declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Acadia 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 grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Acadia Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAcadia ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.125.118.7
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment9211,2101,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.3%+8.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,238$5,704$6,319
Median household income$45,562$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1312

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28 → 24−14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
562
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Acadia 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 Acadia Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
57,032−0.8% since 2020
Households
22,099
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
655 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$45,562+5.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,194
Median home value
$155,500
Jobs located here
14,814
Daytime population
48,388Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Acadia Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Tammany Parish, LA7318918.0$3.5M+5.3%#366 of 2,402
2Livingston Parish, LA6712523.3$2.6M+8.5%#546 of 2,402
3Bossier Parish, LA658616.9$3.5M+2.5%#591 of 2,402
4Ascension Parish, LA6410321.6$3M+6.4%#645 of 2,402
5De Soto Parish, LA542120.0$2.7M+2.0%#1,039 of 2,402
6East Feliciana Parish, LA521015.6$3.8M−2.8%#1,102 of 2,402
7Beauregard Parish, LA523424.7$2.4M+0.2%#1,141 of 2,402
8West Baton Rouge Parish, LA503027.3$2.3M+5.5%#1,221 of 2,402
9Lafourche Parish, LA478221.7$2.6M−2.0%#1,324 of 2,402
10Tangipahoa Parish, LA4514026.9$2.1M+5.8%#1,408 of 2,402
49Acadia Parish, LA137132.1$1.6M−0.8%#2,324 of 2,402

Other business types in Acadia Parish

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Acadia Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 grocery and convenience stores in Acadia Parish. 20 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Acadia Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $115.7M a year, or $5,238 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,099 households in Acadia Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Acadia Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Acadia Parish has 32.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.6M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Acadia Parish would have about 34, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 921 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Acadia Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Acadia Parish at 57,032 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,099 households. The median household income in Acadia Parish is $45,562 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.0% 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. Acadia Parish scores 13 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,324 of 2,402 scored counties.

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