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Grand Point, Louisiana.

A community in St. James Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Grand Point, St. James Parish, Louisiana

Grand Point, in St. James Parish, had 2,241 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $88,674 a year and half less, against $65,531 across St. James Parish; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in St. James Parish was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in St. James Parish work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 2,241 in the 2020 census
Household income $88,674 the median, give or take $14,938 · St. James Parish: $65,531
Unemployment 4.4% St. James Parish, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 853households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in St. James Parish work in

  • Manufacturing22%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. James Parish had 7,791 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 43°; warmest in July, 92° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 43° F M A M J J 92° 75° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 43°; warmest in July, 92° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 43° F M A M J J 92° 75° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 43°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 75°. About 67 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Reserve weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in St. James Parish

  1. Associated TerminalsStevedoring services687
  2. St. James Parish SchoolsSchool district470FTE
  3. Nucor Steel LouisianaDirect reduction of iron ore265
  4. Louisiana Sugar RefiningSugarcane refining210
  5. St. James Parish HospitalCritical access hospital206FTE
  6. Turner Industries GroupOther heavy and civil engineering const181
  7. Zen-Noh GrainGrain elevators merchant wholesalers grain174
  8. Beacon Behavioral Hospital- LutcherPsychiatric hospital171FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 30 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,098 people in all across the county; Grand Point has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grand Point’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.