County profile
St. Bernard Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1396 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,913
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
705
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,642
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±1.8%
Poverty rate
23.0%±2.5%
Business applications
759 · 2025
Retail establishments
140
30.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-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
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing24%
Food & accommodation23%
Construction11%
Transportation9%
Health care8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,642
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9
International migration+1,205
Natural change+576
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.5k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±1.6%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
115 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Coastal flooding 74Lightning 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4332016
4492017
4802018
4992019
5202020
5682021
6582022
6462023
6362024
6342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -65% since 20213242021
2242022
1142023
1122024
1152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.4 km
I-510
Nearest freight rail
27.0 km
NS
Nearest port
8.8 km
HOPEDALE YARD
Nearest commercial airport
55.3 km
STENNIS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.9k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Bernard?
St. Bernard's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.