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Real estate businesses in Ouachita Parish, LA
The real estate businesses in Ouachita Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,091 of 2,229 scored counties
#42 of 45 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 193
- 21 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 95
- +17.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $842.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,699 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 101
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.4
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,542
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Ouachita Parish has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #2,091 of 2,229 scored counties and #42 of 45 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ouachita Parish spend about $842.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,699 per household, 18% 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.
Ouachita Parish has 193 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 11%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 31.4 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ouachita Parish in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. That is one for every 647 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $72K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ouachita Parish. Population estimates put the population change in Ouachita Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ouachita 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 | Ouachita Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.4 | 29.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 101 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 647 | 656 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.3% | +14.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,699 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,688 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81 → 95+17.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 295
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 539Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 195The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $72K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,542−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 61,489
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $54,688+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,881
- Median home value
- $194,400
- Jobs located here
- 68,646
- Daytime population
- 165,193Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 42Ouachita Parish, LA | 29 | 193 | 31.4 | 101 | −1.0% | #2,091 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 193 real estate businesses in Ouachita Parish. 21 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 539 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ouachita Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $842.3M a year, or $13,699 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 193 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 61,489 households in Ouachita Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Ouachita Parish has 31.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 18% 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, Ouachita Parish would have about 195, against 193 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 647 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Ouachita Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita Parish at 158,542 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,489 households. Median household income in Ouachita Parish is $54,688, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Ouachita Parish scores 29 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,091 of 2,229 scored counties.
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