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Grocery stores in Evangeline Parish, LA
How Evangeline Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,987 of 2,070 scored counties
#45 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.4M
- On groceries · $5,131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,980
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Evangeline Parish scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,987 of 2,070 scored counties and #45 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 grocery stores in Evangeline Parish. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 38%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 10.3 for every 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,131 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Evangeline Parish spend about $64.4M a year on groceries. Spread across 13 grocery stores, that is $5M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Evangeline Parish was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,256 households, against one for every 2,053 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 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 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $6.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,256 | 2,037 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.7% | 0.0% |
| 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 | 12 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 supermarkets and grocery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beauregard Parish, LA | 74 | 5 | 3.6 | $16M | +0.2% | #308 of 2,070 |
| 2St. Tammany Parish, LA | 71 | 64 | 6.1 | $10.3M | +5.3% | #390 of 2,070 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 71 | 37 | 6.9 | $8.7M | +8.5% | #398 of 2,070 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 66 | 28 | 5.5 | $10.7M | +2.5% | #512 of 2,070 |
| 5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 59 | 8 | 7.3 | $8.4M | +5.5% | #729 of 2,070 |
| 6Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 55 | 34 | 6.5 | $8.5M | +5.8% | #844 of 2,070 |
| 7Ascension Parish, LA | 55 | 43 | 9.0 | $7.2M | +6.4% | #860 of 2,070 |
| 8Lafourche Parish, LA | 54 | 22 | 5.8 | $9.9M | −2.0% | #876 of 2,070 |
| 9Grant Parish, LA | 46 | 5 | 6.7 | $8.5M | −0.3% | #1,143 of 2,070 |
| 10Lafayette Parish, LA | 45 | 93 | 9.2 | $6.4M | +6.5% | #1,198 of 2,070 |
| 45Evangeline Parish, LA | 12 | 13 | 10.3 | $5M | −1.0% | #1,987 of 2,070 |
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 stores are in Evangeline Parish, LA?
There are 13 grocery stores on map listings in Evangeline Parish as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
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 13 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. 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 stores?
Evangeline Parish has 10.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Evangeline Parish would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,256 households, against one for every 2,053 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 12 for grocery stores (low), #1,987 of 2,070 scored counties.
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