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Restaurants and cafes in Sabine Parish, LA

How Sabine Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,134 of 2,405 scored counties
#22 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
67
16 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
22
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.6M
On food away from home · $3,141 a household
Spending per listing
$412K
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
76.3
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,834
−1.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 67 restaurants and cafes in Sabine Parish. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 24%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 76.3, 31% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

At $3,141 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Sabine Parish spend about $27.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $412K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Sabine Parish was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 399 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Sabine Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Sabine Parish scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,134 of 2,405 scored counties and #22 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Sabine Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Restaurants and cafes in Sabine Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSabine ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households76.3110.6109.8
Spending per listing$412K$314K$371K
Households per official establishment399225209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,141$3,469$4,070
Median household income$50,329$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5119

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 22
Employees, 2023
276
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6716 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Sabine 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 Sabine Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
21,834−1.2% since 2020
Households
8,785
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
867 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$50,329+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,912
Median home value
$123,100
Jobs located here
5,730
Daytime population
19,413Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Sabine Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grant Parish, LA741520.2$1.7M−0.3%#253 of 2,405
2East Feliciana Parish, LA743148.4$773K−2.8%#254 of 2,405
3Livingston Parish, LA7442479.1$476K+8.5%#275 of 2,405
4Beauregard Parish, LA707655.3$642K+0.2%#391 of 2,405
5Winn Parish, LA693164.7$477K+9.1%#431 of 2,405
6Ascension Parish, LA6844894.0$454K+6.4%#456 of 2,405
7De Soto Parish, LA666965.7$487K+2.0%#509 of 2,405
8St. Helena Parish, LA651331.1$919K−1.2%#530 of 2,405
9Assumption Parish, LA643640.8$793K−5.9%#582 of 2,405
10Jackson Parish, LA613766.4$436K+5.6%#720 of 2,405
22Sabine Parish, LA516776.3$412K−1.2%#1,134 of 2,405

Other business types in Sabine Parish

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

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Sabine Parish, LA?

Sabine Parish has 67 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sabine Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $27.6M a year, or $3,141 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $412K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,785 households in Sabine Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sabine Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Sabine Parish has 76.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $412K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Sabine Parish would have about 74, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 399 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Sabine Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Sabine Parish at 21,834 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,785 households. The median household income in Sabine Parish is $50,329 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Sabine Parish scores 51 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,134 of 2,405 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Sabine Parish

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