County profile
Ascension Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#367 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
45,262
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,626
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
135,105
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$91.5k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
29.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
10.3%±1.4%
Business applications
2,262 · 2025
Retail establishments
397
29.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Crown Crafts, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$82.3M50DHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Construction29%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation13%
Health care11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
135,105
residents · 2025 · +6.4% since 2020
Income per capita $66.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,870
International migration+2,058
Natural change+3,182
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$9.4B2019
$8.3B2020
$10.1B2021
$11.4B2022
$11.9B2023
$12.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$279.6k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.3%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$101.5M
639 units · 4.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
92.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 98Tornado 95Heat wave 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2462016
2552017
2612018
2652019
2712020
2872021
3222022
3282023
3422024
3552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 20211,0612021
1,0882022
7102023
5312024
6392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
7.6 km
BUZZI UNICEM USA
Nearest commercial airport
43.2 km
BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.9k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ascension?
Ascension's economy produced $12.7B in 2024, growing 6.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.