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Sit-down restaurants in Claiborne Parish, LA

How Claiborne 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,139 of 2,405 scored counties
#50 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
17
3 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13M
On food away from home · $2,514 a household
Spending per listing
$762K
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.0
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,354
−5.3% 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

For sit-down restaurants, Claiborne Parish has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,139 of 2,405 scored counties and #50 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 sit-down restaurants in Claiborne Parish. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 18%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 33.0 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Claiborne Parish comes to about $13M a year: $2,514 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 sit-down restaurants, that is $762K per restaurant, 15% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Claiborne Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Claiborne Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Claiborne 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 Claiborne Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureClaiborne ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.060.161.3
Spending per listing$762K$577K$664K
Households per official establishmentn/a585500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,514$3,469$4,070
Median household income$32,831$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2725

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
173 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
13,354−5.3% since 2020
Households
5,155
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
755 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$32,831+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$51,546
Median home value
$82,100
Jobs located here
2,994
Daytime population
11,480Residents 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 Claiborne 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
50Claiborne Parish, LA271733.0$762K−5.3%#2,139 of 2,405

Other business types in Claiborne Parish

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

Questions

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

There are 17 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Claiborne Parish as of September 2026. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Claiborne Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $13M a year, or $2,514 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $762K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,155 households in Claiborne Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Claiborne Parish has 33.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $762K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Claiborne Parish would have about 20, against 17 on map listings.

How fast is Claiborne Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Claiborne Parish at 13,354 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,155 households. The median household income in Claiborne Parish is $32,831 a year, 59% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Claiborne Parish scores 27 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #2,139 of 2,405 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Claiborne Parish

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