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Grocery stores in St. James Parish, LA
How St. James 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,745 of 2,070 scored counties
#29 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 7
- 5 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.7M
- On groceries · $5,930 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,938
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, St. James Parish has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,745 of 2,070 scored counties and #29 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 grocery stores in St. James Parish. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 71%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,930 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in St. James Parish spend about $44.7M a year on groceries. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in St. James Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,509 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. James Parish declined 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 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 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $6.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,509 | 2,037 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.7% | 0.0% |
| 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 | 26 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 209
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 75 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 29St. James Parish, LA | 26 | 7 | 9.3 | $6.4M | −5.9% | #1,745 of 2,070 |
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 stores are in St. James Parish, LA?
There are 7 grocery stores on map listings in St. James Parish as of September 2026. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
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 7 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. 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 stores?
St. James Parish has 9.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.4M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, St. James Parish would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,509 households, against one for every 2,053 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 26 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,745 of 2,070 scored counties.
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