County profile
St. Charles Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#366 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,789
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,032
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$92.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
50,586
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$80.9k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
26.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.7%±2.4%
Business applications
716 · 2025
Retail establishments
112
22.1/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Transportation24%
Wholesale trade13%
Construction12%
Retail trade11%
Health care10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,586
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $64.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,678
International migration+216
Natural change+443
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.4B2019
$6.3B2020
$11.2B2021
$13.4B2022
$13.0B2023
$12.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$263.7k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$101/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±2.1%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$25.4M
116 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Coastal flooding 95Heat wave 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2542016
2602017
2682018
2792019
2882020
3042021
3392022
3352023
3432024
3532025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20211632021
1422022
822023
742024
1162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.6 km
I-310
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
3.1 km
Monsanto Co., Luling Plant Dock No. 2.
Nearest commercial airport
13.7 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):217,531,611 short tons/yr · South Louisiana, LA, Port of
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$92.3k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of St. Charles?
St. Charles's economy produced $12.7B in 2024, contracting 2.2% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.