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Primary care and pediatric clinics in St. James Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in St. James Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,174 of 1,656 scored counties
#10 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,107 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,938
−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

Household spending on medical and dental services in St. James Parish comes to about $8.3M a year: $1,107 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per clinic, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

St. James Parish has 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in St. James Parish classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 943 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. James Parish declined 5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For primary care and pediatric clinics, St. James Parish has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,174 of 1,656 scored counties and #10 of 41 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 medical and dental services by the primary care and pediatric clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Primary care and pediatrics in St. James Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. James ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.68.97.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.2M$1.8M
Households per official establishment943572593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.1%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,107$1,036$1,288
Median household income$65,531$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score398

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
50 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 offices of physicians 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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Primary care and pediatrics across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. James Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA71305.6$2M+8.5%#248 of 1,656
2St. Charles Parish, LA6473.8$3.1M−3.7%#386 of 1,656
3Ascension Parish, LA64357.3$1.7M+6.4%#415 of 1,656
4West Baton Rouge Parish, LA6387.3$1.5M+5.5%#446 of 1,656
5St. Martin Parish, LA47115.6$1.8M−1.0%#938 of 1,656
6Lafourche Parish, LA46154.0$2.6M−2.0%#960 of 1,656
7Tangipahoa Parish, LA45377.1$1.4M+5.8%#1,021 of 1,656
8Vernon Parish, LA4484.4$2.2M−7.3%#1,028 of 1,656
9St. John the Baptist Parish, LA4395.9$1.7M−5.9%#1,065 of 1,656
10St. James Parish, LA3956.6$1.7M−5.9%#1,174 of 1,656

Other business types in St. James Parish

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

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in St. James Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 primary care and pediatric clinics in St. James Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in St. James Parish, LA spend on medical and dental services?

About $8.3M a year, or $1,107 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics 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 primary care and pediatric clinics?

St. James Parish has 6.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.7M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 943 households, against one for every 593 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 39 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #1,174 of 1,656 scored counties.

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