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Real estate businesses in St. James Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in St. James Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $112.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,972 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 869
- 8.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 90% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,938
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,972 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in St. James Parish spend about $112.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 8.7 times 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.
There are 3 real estate businesses on map listings in St. James Parish as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.0, 90% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in St. James Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 38 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. With 3 real estate businesses on map listings, St. James Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How St. James 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 | St. James Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 29.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 869 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 656 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,972 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,531 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors 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 | 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 |
| St. James Parish, LA | Not scored | 3 | 4.0 | 869 | −5.9% |
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 real estate businesses are in St. James Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 real estate businesses in St. James Parish. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in St. James Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. James Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $112.9M a year, or $14,972 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 8.7 times 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 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 real estate businesses?
St. James Parish has 4.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 90% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 869, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, St. James Parish would have about 26, against 3 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 has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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