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Grocery stores in Morehouse Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.8M
On groceries · $5,098 a household
Spending per listing
$12.5M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,705
−6.9% 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

Households in Morehouse Parish spend about $49.8M a year on groceries, or $5,098 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $12.5M per store, 34% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Morehouse Parish has 4 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Morehouse Parish classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,256 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morehouse Parish declined 6.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 grocery stores on map listings, Morehouse Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Morehouse 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.

Grocery stores in Morehouse Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureMorehouse ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.18.76.8
Spending per listing$12.5M$6.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,2562,0372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,098$5,704$6,319
Median household income$39,454$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored11

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
148
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
23,705−6.9% since 2020
Households
9,769
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
795 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$39,454+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,643
Median home value
$118,800
Jobs located here
6,563
Daytime population
21,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Louisiana

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

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beauregard Parish, LA7453.6$16M+0.2%#308 of 2,070
2St. Tammany Parish, LA71646.1$10.3M+5.3%#390 of 2,070
3Livingston Parish, LA71376.9$8.7M+8.5%#398 of 2,070
4Bossier Parish, LA66285.5$10.7M+2.5%#512 of 2,070
5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA5987.3$8.4M+5.5%#729 of 2,070
6Tangipahoa Parish, LA55346.5$8.5M+5.8%#844 of 2,070
7Ascension Parish, LA55439.0$7.2M+6.4%#860 of 2,070
8Lafourche Parish, LA54225.8$9.9M−2.0%#876 of 2,070
9Grant Parish, LA4656.7$8.5M−0.3%#1,143 of 2,070
10Lafayette Parish, LA45939.2$6.4M+6.5%#1,198 of 2,070
Morehouse Parish, LANot scored44.1$12.5M−6.9%

Other business types in Morehouse Parish

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Morehouse Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 grocery stores in Morehouse Parish. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $49.8M a year, or $5,098 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12.5M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,769 households in Morehouse Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Morehouse Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Morehouse Parish has 4.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12.5M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Morehouse Parish would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,256 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Morehouse Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Morehouse Parish at 23,705 people in 2025, down 6.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,769 households. The median household income in Morehouse Parish is $39,454 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.8% 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. Morehouse Parish has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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