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Grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,674 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
46
18 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$96.1M
On groceries · $5,197 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.9
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,360
+0.1% 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

At $5,197 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Lincoln Parish spend about $96.1M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.1M per store, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Lincoln Parish as of September 2026. 18 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 24.9 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Lincoln Parish classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,311 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Lincoln Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lincoln Parish scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,674 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.925.118.7
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,3111,2101,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,197$5,704$6,319
Median household income$39,172$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3812

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 8
Employees, 2023
446
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4618 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
48,360+0.1% since 2020
Households
18,487
Median age
32.7
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$39,172+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,113
Median home value
$210,100
Jobs located here
18,570
Daytime population
48,307Residents 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 Lincoln 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
17Lincoln Parish, LA384624.9$2.1M+0.1%#1,674 of 2,402

Other business types in Lincoln Parish

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 46 grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln Parish. 18 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $96.1M a year, or $5,197 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,487 households in Lincoln Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lincoln Parish has 24.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lincoln Parish would have about 28, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,311 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Lincoln Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln Parish at 48,360 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,487 households. The median household income in Lincoln Parish is $39,172 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.5% 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. Lincoln Parish scores 38 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,674 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Lincoln Parish

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