County profile
St. James Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#912 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,480
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
339
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$75.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,938
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.5%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.1%±3.0%
Business applications
276 · 2025
Retail establishments
49
25.6/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Transportation27%
Health care13%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,938
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $77.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,079
International migration+50
Natural change−155
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$1.9B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$211.8k±$17.3k
Median gross rent
$903/mo±$386/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±2.3%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$12.2M
64 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$921/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 94Drought 91Coastal flooding 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2232016
2332017
2332018
2422019
2492020
2592021
2992022
3062023
2912024
3032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 14% since 2021562021
712022
602023
642024
642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CN
Nearest port
2.3 km
OAK ALLEY PLANTATION PASSENGERS
Nearest commercial airport
51.9 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$75.0k
avg. annual pay · +2% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. James?
St. James's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, contracting 2.5% 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.