County profile
St. Helena Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#2776 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$264.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,406
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
121
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,758
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.9%
Median HH income
$41.9k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
11.4%±3.0%
Poverty rate
32.4%±6.8%
Business applications
177 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
18.5/10k 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
Health care52%
Retail trade24%
Construction12%
Other services7%
Transportation3%
Finance & insurance2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,758
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+62
International migration+96
Natural change−280
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$219.8M2019
$203.4M2020
$226.8M2021
$236.0M2022
$252.7M2023
$264.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$77.3k±$28.5k
Median gross rent
$870/mo±$249/mo
Vacancy rate
22.0%±5.0%
Affordability
1.6× wages
Residential permits
$2.5M
14 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Hurricane 80Tornado 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2023
1292014
1362015
1642016
1422017
1592018
1622019
1552020
1792021
1782022
2142023
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -30% since 2021202021
122022
122023
122024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.0 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
19.1 km
CN
Nearest port
56.5 km
ERGON BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
52.8 km
BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of St. Helena?
St. Helena's economy produced $264.2M in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.