County profile
St. Martin Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1297 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,761
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
911
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
51,106
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$56.0k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
15.3%±1.9%
Business applications
636 · 2025
Retail establishments
155
30.2/10k 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 trade26%
Manufacturing22%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade11%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,106
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,075
International migration+380
Natural change+178
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.2k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$870/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
17.8%±2.0%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$15.3M
50 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Drought 93Cold wave 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2432016
2442017
2462018
2472019
2552020
2672021
2952022
2932023
3212024
3332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -56% since 20211142021
662022
462023
552024
502025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.2 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
18.2 km
LDRR
Nearest port
18.9 km
BUTTE LAROSE ZEALOUS ENERGY
Nearest commercial airport
28.6 km
ACADIANA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Martin?
St. Martin's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.