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Restaurants and cafes in West Carroll Parish, LA
How West Carroll Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On food away from home · $3,155 a household
- Spending per listing
- $578K
- 56% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.5
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,156
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in West Carroll Parish comes to about $12.1M a year: $3,155 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $578K per restaurant, 56% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
West Carroll Parish has 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 54.5, 50% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in West Carroll Parish classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 321 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show West Carroll Parish declined 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How West Carroll 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.
| Measure | West Carroll Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.5 | 110.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $578K | $314K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 321 | 225 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,155 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,134 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 West Carroll 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 West Carroll Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,156−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,850
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 360 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $49,134
- Average household income
- $68,089
- Median home value
- $94,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,923
- Daytime population
- 7,989Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant Parish, LA | 74 | 15 | 20.2 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #253 of 2,405 |
| 2East Feliciana Parish, LA | 74 | 31 | 48.4 | $773K | −2.8% | #254 of 2,405 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 74 | 424 | 79.1 | $476K | +8.5% | #275 of 2,405 |
| 4Beauregard Parish, LA | 70 | 76 | 55.3 | $642K | +0.2% | #391 of 2,405 |
| 5Winn Parish, LA | 69 | 31 | 64.7 | $477K | +9.1% | #431 of 2,405 |
| 6Ascension Parish, LA | 68 | 448 | 94.0 | $454K | +6.4% | #456 of 2,405 |
| 7De Soto Parish, LA | 66 | 69 | 65.7 | $487K | +2.0% | #509 of 2,405 |
| 8St. Helena Parish, LA | 65 | 13 | 31.1 | $919K | −1.2% | #530 of 2,405 |
| 9Assumption Parish, LA | 64 | 36 | 40.8 | $793K | −5.9% | #582 of 2,405 |
| 10Jackson Parish, LA | 61 | 37 | 66.4 | $436K | +5.6% | #720 of 2,405 |
| West Carroll Parish, LA | Not scored | 21 | 54.5 | $578K | −5.5% |
Other business types in West Carroll Parish
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 restaurants and cafes are in West Carroll Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 restaurants and cafes in West Carroll Parish. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in West Carroll Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $12.1M a year, or $3,155 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $578K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,850 households in West Carroll Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does West Carroll Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
West Carroll Parish has 54.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $578K, 56% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, West Carroll Parish would have about 33, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 321 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is West Carroll Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put West Carroll Parish at 9,156 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,850 households. Median household income in West Carroll Parish is $49,134, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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