Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Hair salons in St. James Parish, LA
The hair salons 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #848 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On personal care products and services · $882 a household
- Spending per listing
- $739K
- 72% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,938
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in St. James Parish comes to about $6.7M a year: $882 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $739K per salon, 72% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
St. James Parish has 9 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 11.9 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in St. James Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. James Parish declined 5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, St. James Parish has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #848 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana.
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 personal care products and services by the hair salons 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 | 11.9 | 24.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $739K | $339K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,582 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $882 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,531 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 94Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 beauty salons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 70 | 103 | 21.6 | $463K | +6.4% | #299 of 2,339 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 65 | 100 | 18.7 | $478K | +8.5% | #462 of 2,339 |
| 3Plaquemines Parish, LA | 64 | 7 | 8.5 | $1.1M | −5.3% | #469 of 2,339 |
| 4West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 63 | 24 | 21.9 | $419K | +5.5% | #562 of 2,339 |
| 5Grant Parish, LA | 61 | 7 | 9.4 | $872K | −0.3% | #617 of 2,339 |
| 6West Feliciana Parish, LA | 61 | 6 | 14.9 | $614K | −0.7% | #625 of 2,339 |
| 7East Feliciana Parish, LA | 60 | 7 | 10.9 | $809K | −2.8% | #663 of 2,339 |
| 8St. James Parish, LA | 56 | 9 | 11.9 | $739K | −5.9% | #848 of 2,339 |
| 9St. Charles Parish, LA | 56 | 35 | 18.8 | $499K | −3.7% | #873 of 2,339 |
| 10St. Martin Parish, LA | 52 | 24 | 12.3 | $642K | −1.0% | #1,041 of 2,339 |
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
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in St. James Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 hair salons in St. James Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in St. James Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. James Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.7M a year, or $882 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $739K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. 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 hair salons?
St. James Parish has 11.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $739K, 72% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, St. James Parish would have about 16, against 9 on map listings.
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 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #848 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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