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Real estate businesses in Vernon Parish, LA
How Vernon 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #807 of 2,229 scored counties
#21 of 45 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 24
- 3 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $246.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,470 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 237
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,091
- −7.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 real estate businesses in Vernon Parish. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $13,470 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Vernon Parish spend about $246.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.4 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Vernon Parish was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,525 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Vernon Parish declined 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Vernon Parish is 55 (upper middle), #807 of 2,229 scored counties and #21 of 45 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Vernon 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 | Vernon Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 29.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 237 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,525 | 656 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,470 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $57,270 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Vernon 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 Vernon Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,091−7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,300
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,327 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $57,270+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,627
- Median home value
- $156,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,403
- Daytime population
- 43,022Residents 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 |
| 21Vernon Parish, LA | 55 | 24 | 13.1 | 237 | −7.3% | #807 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Vernon 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 Vernon Parish, LA?
Vernon Parish has 24 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 91 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Vernon Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $246.5M a year, or $13,470 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 24 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.4 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,300 households in Vernon Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vernon Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Vernon Parish has 13.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 237, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Vernon Parish would have about 57, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,525 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Vernon Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Vernon Parish at 45,091 people in 2025, down 7.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,300 households. The median household income in Vernon Parish is $57,270 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Vernon Parish scores 55 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #807 of 2,229 scored counties.
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