Groceries and convenience · County · Louisiana
Grocery and convenience stores in Evangeline Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Evangeline Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,378 of 2,402 scored counties
#55 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 51
- 15 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.4M
- On groceries · $5,131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.6
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,980
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Evangeline Parish is 8 (very low), #2,378 of 2,402 scored counties and #55 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 51 grocery and convenience stores in Evangeline Parish. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 29%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 40.6 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Evangeline Parish comes to about $64.4M a year: $5,131 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 51 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.3M per store, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Evangeline Parish was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 785 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Evangeline Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Evangeline 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.
| Measure | Evangeline Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.6 | 25.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 785 | 1,210 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,131 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $41,915 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 152
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5115 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,980−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,561
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 662 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $41,915+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $61,820
- Median home value
- $124,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,287
- Daytime population
- 27,951Residents 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 | 73 | 189 | 18.0 | $3.5M | +5.3% | #366 of 2,402 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 67 | 125 | 23.3 | $2.6M | +8.5% | #546 of 2,402 |
| 3Bossier Parish, LA | 65 | 86 | 16.9 | $3.5M | +2.5% | #591 of 2,402 |
| 4Ascension Parish, LA | 64 | 103 | 21.6 | $3M | +6.4% | #645 of 2,402 |
| 5De Soto Parish, LA | 54 | 21 | 20.0 | $2.7M | +2.0% | #1,039 of 2,402 |
| 6East Feliciana Parish, LA | 52 | 10 | 15.6 | $3.8M | −2.8% | #1,102 of 2,402 |
| 7Beauregard Parish, LA | 52 | 34 | 24.7 | $2.4M | +0.2% | #1,141 of 2,402 |
| 8West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 50 | 30 | 27.3 | $2.3M | +5.5% | #1,221 of 2,402 |
| 9Lafourche Parish, LA | 47 | 82 | 21.7 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #1,324 of 2,402 |
| 10Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 45 | 140 | 26.9 | $2.1M | +5.8% | #1,408 of 2,402 |
| 55Evangeline Parish, LA | 8 | 51 | 40.6 | $1.3M | −1.0% | #2,378 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Evangeline Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores8
- Grocery stores12
- Convenience stores15
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Evangeline Parish, LA?
Evangeline Parish has 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Evangeline Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $64.4M a year, or $5,131 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,561 households in Evangeline Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Evangeline Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Evangeline Parish has 40.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.3M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Evangeline Parish would have about 19, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 785 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Evangeline Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Evangeline Parish at 31,980 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,561 households. Median household income in Evangeline Parish is $41,915, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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. Evangeline Parish scores 8 for grocery and convenience stores (very low), #2,378 of 2,402 scored counties.
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