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Real estate businesses in Jefferson Parish, LA
How Jefferson Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,067 of 2,229 scored counties
#40 of 45 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 591
- 47 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 312
- +8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,551 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 101
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 431,398
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Jefferson Parish has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,067 of 2,229 scored counties and #40 of 45 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Jefferson Parish comes to about $2.6B a year: $14,551 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Jefferson Parish has 591 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 33.4 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Jefferson Parish was 312 in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 567 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.7M has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Jefferson Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jefferson Parish declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Jefferson Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Jefferson Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.4 | 29.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 101 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 567 | 656 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.7% | +14.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,551 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,252 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 287 → 312+8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,467
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $92.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,903Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 59147 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 595The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 431,398−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 177,003
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 301 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,432
- Median household income
- $65,252+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,680
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 200,099
- Daytime population
- 450,992Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Jefferson Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 85 | 7 | 6.4 | 553 | +5.5% | #5 of 2,229 |
| 2Vermilion Parish, LA | 72 | 14 | 6.4 | 488 | +1.3% | #153 of 2,229 |
| 3St. Martin Parish, LA | 69 | 10 | 5.1 | 617 | −1.0% | #220 of 2,229 |
| 4St. Bernard Parish, LA | 69 | 25 | 15.4 | 208 | +4.1% | #240 of 2,229 |
| 5Lafourche Parish, LA | 67 | 41 | 10.9 | 303 | −2.0% | #291 of 2,229 |
| 6Grant Parish, LA | 66 | 5 | 6.7 | 483 | −0.3% | #322 of 2,229 |
| 7Washington Parish, LA | 64 | 15 | 8.5 | 345 | −0.9% | #391 of 2,229 |
| 8Livingston Parish, LA | 64 | 118 | 22.0 | 157 | +8.5% | #423 of 2,229 |
| 9De Soto Parish, LA | 63 | 11 | 10.5 | 293 | +2.0% | #435 of 2,229 |
| 10Plaquemines Parish, LA | 62 | 9 | 11.0 | 328 | −5.3% | #478 of 2,229 |
| 40Jefferson Parish, LA | 30 | 591 | 33.4 | 101 | −1.9% | #2,067 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Jefferson 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 real estate businesses are in Jefferson Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 591 real estate businesses in Jefferson Parish. 47 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 312 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. Another 1,903 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Jefferson Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.6B a year, or $14,551 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 591 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,003 households in Jefferson Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Jefferson Parish has 33.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 101, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Jefferson Parish would have about 595, against 591 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 567 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson Parish at 431,398 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 177,003 households. Median household income in Jefferson Parish is $65,252, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.8%, 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. Jefferson Parish scores 30 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,067 of 2,229 scored counties.
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