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Sit-down restaurants in Bienville Parish, LA

How Bienville Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,580 of 2,405 scored counties
#33 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
21
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.8M
On food away from home · $2,662 a household
Spending per listing
$704K
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.8
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,269
−5.0% 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

At $2,662 per household (35% below the U.S. average), households in Bienville Parish spend about $14.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $704K per restaurant, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Bienville Parish has 21 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 37.8 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Bienville Parish was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,389 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Bienville Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For sit-down restaurants, Bienville Parish has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,580 of 2,405 scored counties and #33 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Bienville 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 sit-down restaurants counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Sit-down restaurants in Bienville Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureBienville ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.860.161.3
Spending per listing$704K$577K$664K
Households per official establishment1,389585500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,662$3,469$4,070
Median household income$35,011$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4125

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$376K
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 full-service restaurants in Bienville 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 Bienville Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
12,269−5.0% since 2020
Households
5,556
Median age
45.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
811 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$35,011+15.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,588
Median home value
$99,500
Jobs located here
3,432
Daytime population
10,866Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Bienville Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA7920738.6$975K+8.5%#150 of 2,405
2Ascension Parish, LA7724751.8$823K+6.4%#206 of 2,405
3West Baton Rouge Parish, LA745550.1$776K+5.5%#287 of 2,405
4East Feliciana Parish, LA731320.3$1.8M−2.8%#289 of 2,405
5Beauregard Parish, LA724230.6$1.2M+0.2%#312 of 2,405
6St. James Parish, LA672735.8$1M−5.9%#450 of 2,405
7Winn Parish, LA661531.3$986K+9.1%#483 of 2,405
8Grant Parish, LA6579.4$3.7M−0.3%#508 of 2,405
9St. Helena Parish, LA63512.0$2.4M−1.2%#593 of 2,405
10Assumption Parish, LA632224.9$1.3M−5.9%#595 of 2,405
33Bienville Parish, LA412137.8$704K−5.0%#1,580 of 2,405

Other business types in Bienville Parish

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Bienville Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 sit-down restaurants in Bienville Parish. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $14.8M a year, or $2,662 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $704K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,556 households in Bienville Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bienville Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Bienville Parish has 37.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $704K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Bienville Parish would have about 22, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,389 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Bienville Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Bienville Parish at 12,269 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,556 households. Median household income in Bienville Parish is $35,011, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.7%, 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. Bienville Parish scores 41 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,580 of 2,405 scored counties.

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