County profile
St. Landry Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#938 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,089
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,559
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
80,765
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$44.5k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%±1.4%
Poverty rate
26.8%±2.2%
Business applications
1,042 · 2025
Retail establishments
279
34.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Catalyst Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———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 care32%
Retail trade24%
Construction14%
Food & accommodation10%
Manufacturing10%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
80,765
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $51.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,823
International migration+428
Natural change−172
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.8B2021
$3.0B2022
$3.1B2023
$3.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.5k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$748/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±1.3%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$33.0M
153 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Lightning 96Tornado 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2232016
2232017
2292018
2292019
2362020
2432021
2702022
2662023
2832024
3012025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211792021
1892022
1482023
1392024
1532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
UP
Nearest port
24.1 km
ARCADIAN SHELL AND LIMESTONE KRONTZ SPRINGS LA
Nearest commercial airport
43.6 km
LAFAYETTE RGNL/PAUL FOURNET FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of St. Landry?
St. Landry's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 76% of 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.