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Grocery and convenience stores in St. James Parish, LA
The grocery and convenience stores in St. James Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,855 of 2,402 scored counties
#22 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.7M
- On groceries · $5,930 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,938
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, St. James Parish has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,855 of 2,402 scored counties and #22 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 grocery and convenience stores in St. James Parish. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 39%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 23.9 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,930 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in St. James Parish spend about $44.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 18 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in St. James Parish was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,078 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in St. James Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. James 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 | St. James Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 25.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,078 | 1,210 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,930 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,531 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 211
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 St. James 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 St. James Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,938−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,543
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $65,531+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,062
- Median home value
- $211,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,713
- Daytime population
- 18,422Residents 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 |
| 22St. James Parish, LA | 33 | 18 | 23.9 | $2.5M | −5.9% | #1,855 of 2,402 |
Other business types in St. James Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores33
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores39
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 St. James Parish, LA?
St. James Parish has 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. James Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $44.7M a year, or $5,930 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,543 households in St. James Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. James Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
St. James Parish has 23.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, St. James Parish would have about 13, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,078 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is St. James Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. James Parish at 18,938 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,543 households. Median household income in St. James Parish is $65,531, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.0%, 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. St. James Parish scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,855 of 2,402 scored counties.
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