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Grocery stores in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

How St. John the Baptist 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 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,859 of 2,070 scored counties
#36 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
15
5 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.1M
On groceries · $5,681 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,875
−5.9% 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

St. John the Baptist Parish scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,859 of 2,070 scored counties and #36 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery stores in St. John the Baptist Parish. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 46% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Household spending on groceries in St. John the Baptist Parish comes to about $86.1M a year: $5,681 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.7M per store, 38% 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 St. John the Baptist Parish was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,684 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show St. John the Baptist Parish declined 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. John the Baptist ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.98.76.8
Spending per listing$5.7M$6.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,6842,0372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,681$5,704$6,319
Median household income$66,630$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2111

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 9
Employees, 2023
287
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
155 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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. John the Baptist 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. John the Baptist Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
39,875−5.9% since 2020
Households
15,152
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
215 sq. mi.
People per square mile
190
Median household income
$66,630+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,052
Median home value
$193,200
Jobs located here
13,847
Daytime population
36,948Residents 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 St. John the Baptist 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
36St. John the Baptist Parish, LA21159.9$5.7M−5.9%#1,859 of 2,070

Other business types in St. John the Baptist Parish

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA?

St. John the Baptist Parish has 15 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $86.1M a year, or $5,681 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,152 households in St. John the Baptist Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. John the Baptist Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

St. John the Baptist Parish has 9.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.7M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, St. John the Baptist Parish would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,684 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is St. John the Baptist Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. John the Baptist Parish at 39,875 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,152 households. Median household income in St. John the Baptist Parish is $66,630, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.0%, 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. John the Baptist Parish scores 21 for grocery stores (low), #1,859 of 2,070 scored counties.

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